Iconic Iwo Jima Flag-Raising Monument, Depicting Pima Indian Marine Ira H. Hayes, Is on the Auction Block

Vincent Schilling
February 21, 2013
On Friday, February 22, at 1 p.m./Eastern, Bonhams of New York is holding an auction to sell a collection of WWII items and military memoriabilia entitled, “ World War II: The Paci...

Two American Indian Academics Examine the Media Slant as the Diabetes Crisis Looms

Terri Hansen
January 15, 2012
There was no word for diabetes in traditional Native languages when the Europeans arrived on this continent...

Intervene in Pregnancy to Break Cycle of Obesity, Diabetes

ICTMN Staff
January 04, 2011
The propensity for diabetes and obesity can be manipulated in the womb, according to studies conducted by researchers at Harvard Medical School, reported Time magazine...

Mexico vs. Arizona Pima Indians

ICTMN Staff
December 01, 2010
Arizona’s Pima Indians exceed the type 2 diabetes rate (38 percent) of the genetically similar Pima Indians in Mexico (6.9 percent) by five times, according to a 2006 study by the ...

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