Mary Brave Bird, Author of Lakota Woman, Walks On

David P. Ball
March 14, 2013
American Indian activist, author and educator Mary Ellen Brave Bird-Richard walked on at age 58 on February 14, of natural causes...

Wiconi International President Richard Twiss Walks On

ICTMN Staff
February 16, 2013
He was what his obituary called “a Lakota follower of the Jesus Way.” Richard Leo Twiss got his spiritual call while standing on a beach on the island of Maui in Hawaii in 1974...

American Indian College Fund Names New Leader

Carol Berry
August 02, 2012
Cheryl Crazy Bull, or “Wacinyanpi Win” (They Depend on Her), president of Northwest Indian College , in Bellingham, Washington has been named head of the American Indian College Fu...

Ballot-Box Breakthrough in the Badlands

Stephanie Woodard
March 15, 2012
Voting-rights nonprofit Four Directions has announced a giant step forward in South Dakota...

Lakota Students Take Voices to Washington, Get NPR Attention

ICTMN Staff
February 28, 2012
After a 20/20 special aired on ABC October 14, 2011, Lakota students from the Rosebud Sioux Reservation responded with a video dispelling stereotypes perpetuated by the special, ti...

Susan Allen, First American Indian Lesbian in State Legislature, Fights for Social Equality

Vincent Schilling
February 06, 2012
Susan Allen recently became the first American Indian woman elected to serve in the Minnesota State Legislature...

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