Sen. Tim Johnson Will Not Seek Re-Election in 2014

ICTMN Staff
March 27, 2013
On March 26, news came that South Dakota Democratic Senator Tim Johnson, member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, would not be seeking re-election in 2014...

Republicans Cave on Violence Against Women Act; Is the Sequester Next?

Mark Trahant
February 27, 2013
This is not a headline that any political party wants to read: “House GOP Caves: Violence Against Women Act Impasse Finally Broken.” The shape of a new deal is simple, according to...

Carcieri Fix Delayed; Around 16 Democrats Missing on Carcieri Fix

Gale Courey Toensing
November 28, 2012
The Carcieri fix has been set aside pending further negotiations. S...
Steve Russell

Election 2012: Shot at and Missed

The battle is over, and pundits now stroll to the battlefield and shoot the survivors. I have used this bully pulpit to urge that Indians bloc vote only when threatened as Indians.  My own vote turned on threats I perceived to my family.  Your mileage may vary....

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November 11, 2012

Elections 2012: It’s Game On for Wisconsin’s Native Voters

Mark Trahant
October 25, 2012
In Wisconsin, it’s game on. The top three “tipping point” states – at least according to The New York Times ’ number cruncher Nate Silver – are Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin...

Elections 2012: Will Election Resolve the Big Stuff? Disaster Ahead if It Doesn’t

Mark Trahant
September 25, 2012
It is said that elections have consequences. One side wins, the other becomes the loyal opposition. Then the game is fought again with new or sometimes the same result...

Elections 2012: Have You Heard the One About Montana’s Talking Cows?

Mark Trahant
September 13, 2012
Montana is not exactly a blue state...

Elections 2012: As Goes Indian Country ... Goes the Nation?

Mark Trahant
September 10, 2012
Go back a couple hundred years...

Elections 2012: Was There a Convention Bounce?

Mark Trahant
September 07, 2012
Which convention, the Democrats or the Republicans, will get the biggest bounce? That’s actually a tough question with lots of answers. First there’s the national polls...

Elections 2012: Austerity as an Experiment

Mark Trahant
September 07, 2012
The Democrats and the Republicans made it a point to include American Indian and Alaska Native issues in their party platforms...

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