The GOP House Leader Sank VAWA in 2012, the Fight Starts Anew in 2013

Rob Capriccioso
January 15, 2013
Native American and congressional advocates of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) are frustrated that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., held up a compromise in the wanin...

Nation Avoids Fiscal Cliff, But Sequester that Could Harm Natives Still on Table

Rob Capriccioso
January 11, 2013
It was the New Year’s circus watched round the world: Congress and the White House going back and forth on a compromise in the waning hours of 2012 to prevent the United States fro...

NCAI: First Nations of North America Will Not Be Divided

ICTMN Staff
January 11, 2013
Today, January 11, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is set to host a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other members of his cabinet in hopes to help right ...

Hillary Clinton Returns to Work, Says She'll Testify on Benghazi

ICTMN Staff
January 08, 2013
After being gone for a month due to illness, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton returned to work on January 7 to cheers and gifts...

New NDAA Keeps Indefinite Detention, Blocks Guantanamo Closure

Gale Courey Toensing
January 07, 2013
President Barack Obama has signed the $633 billion National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 along with a signing statement objecting to many of its provisions – but the provision...

Tanya Fiddler Takes Seat on Treasury's Community Development Advisory Board

ICTMN Staff
January 03, 2013
On December 17, Tanya Fiddler, Cheyenne River Lakota Nation, was welcomed onto the U.S...

Idle No More Support: Ojibwe Woman Embarks on 1,400-mile Journey to D.C.

David P. Ball
December 31, 2012
When Mishkomekinaak Ikwe learned about the Idle No More movement exploding across Canada, and Attawapiskat First Nation chief Theresa Spence's hunger strike – now on its 21st day –...

Idle No More Gaining Momentum and Forming Plan of Action

ICTMN Staff
December 27, 2012
International Human Rights Day was December 10 and marked the beginning of what has since become a stand of solidarity between Indigenous Peoples across Turtle Island and allies kn...

Rep. Young Lays Out House Indian Country Agenda for 113th Congress

Rob Capriccioso
December 26, 2012
U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings, R-Wash., has announced that Rep...

Native Leaders Help Shape New State Administration

Richard Walker
December 24, 2012
The chairmen of the Jamestown S’Klallam and Swinomish governments are helping the next administration in Washington state get off to a running start in January...

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