Early Pioneers of Indian Gaming Had Same Goal: To Help Their People

Gale Courey Toensing
March 27, 2013
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the legislation that dramatically changed the economic landscape for tribal nations with ca...
DaShanne Stokes

Rights vs. Identity: Divisions Run Deep Over Hickory Ground

The recent arrest of Wayland Gray, a Muscogee (Creek) Nation citizen, has set off a firestorm of criticism against the Poarch Band of Creek Indians....

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March 26, 2013

2012 Hall of Fame and Mantle of Shame Awards

Suzan Shown Harjo
December 28, 2012
HALL OF FAME: President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden for winning second terms by a whopping 332 electoral votes to 206 for Republican challenger Mitt Romney and Repres...

Seminole Tribe Council Oak Vying for Historic Register Status

ICTMN Staff
November 29, 2012
The Seminole Tribe has nominated its Council Oak Tree, a long-standing, traditional gathering place, to appear on the National Register of Historic Places, the Orlando Sentinel rep...

Code Talkers Throughout Indian Country Honored

ICTMN Staff
August 15, 2012
On August 14, the Navajo Nation celebrated National Navajo Code Talkers Day as did the rest of Indian country...

A Seminole Warrior Gets His Due in Osceola and the Great Seminole War

Michelle Tirado
August 05, 2012
Osceola and the Great Seminole War: The Return of a Legend Crazy Horse. Geronimo. Sitting Bull. Cochise...

How the Cherokee Fought the Civil War

Robert Pahre
March 27, 2012
March 7 and 8 marked the 150th anniversary of the Civil War Battle of Pea Ridge, fought in northwest Arkansas near the Oklahoma border...

President Obama’s Million-Dollar Native Fund-Raiser

Rob Capriccioso
February 20, 2012
In a sign of growing tribal political clout, 70 Indian officials attended a first-ever Native -specific campaign fund-raiser with President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C...

The Dawes Act Started the U.S. Land-Grab of Native Territory

Gale Courey Toensing
February 08, 2012
Today, February 8, marks the 125th anniversary of the notorious Dawes Act . This is part one of a three-part series on this devastating bit of legislation...
Julianne Jennings

Cherokee Freedmen: One Year Later

It has been one year since the descendants of the Cherokee Freedmen won their long dispute against a constitutional amendment that terminated them...

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January 31, 2012

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