Montana Democrats Rebuff Native Voting-Rights Lawsuit

Stephanie Woodard
March 19, 2013
The Montana Democratic Party has rejected a March 6, 2013, request from Mark Wandering Medicine, Northern Cheyenne, to endorse the Native side in the voting-rights lawsuit, Wanderi...

Indian Country Responds to the International Olympic Committee Putting Wrestling on the Chopping Block

Vincent Schilling
March 14, 2013
In February, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Switzerland announced that wrestling will likely be voted out of the Olympics...

2012 Retrospective: December

ICTMN Staff
December 29, 2012
Take a look back at December 2012's biggest stories from the pages of our weekly magazine, This Week From Indian Country Today . Moapa Solar Farm to Power L.A...
Racheal White Hawk Strong

Pow Wow Welcomes Home Native Adoptees

I’ve been to pow wows before, but this one was different....

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November 24, 2012

Authentic Indian Art and Jewelry Store Relocates to Downtown Aiken, South Carolina

ICTMN Staff
July 17, 2012
Ron Colombe (LinkedIn) In the small downtown Aiken, South Carolina shop Elk Eagle Originals, visitors can find authentic, hand-made American Indian works of art and jewelry, repres...

New Native Language App Starts Small, With Animal Names in Four Tongues

Leeanne Root
April 23, 2012
A new American Indian language app hit the iTunes store January 20 that features translations of animal names from English to Diné, Lakota, Mvskoke and Ponca...
Julianne Jennings

From Slavery to Raspberry-Flavored Indians: America’s Obsession With Stereotypes

Stereotypes help market American merchandise for more than a century, and the history of their use and abuse offers a strange and telling story of race relations in this country. Starting with sugar, its long history is interwoven with that of the slave trade....

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April 21, 2012

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...

Planned Oil Pipeline Must Cross Pine Ridge’s Water-Delivery System

Stephanie Woodard
September 21, 2011
The giant energy company that wants to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline from northern Canada across six U.S...

Oglala Sioux Tribe Revives Native Health Program After Fire, Wins Award for Aberdeen Area

ICTMN Staff
May 19, 2011
The Oglala Sioux Tribe's alcohol and drug treatment program rebuilt itself after a devastating electrical fire destroyed its Rapid City, South Dakota-based facility in April 2010...

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