U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 Anniversary Brings Heritage to Forefront for South Dakota Man

ICTMN Staff
August 29, 2012
With this year being the 150 th anniversary of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 , many are reflecting on the war’s aftermath, including Myron Taylor, who has been facing his personal hi...

Denise Juneau to Speak About Indian Education at Democratic National Convention

Adrian Jawort
September 03, 2012
Denise Juneau , Mandan and Hidatsa, grew up in Browning, Montana, located on the Blackfeet Reservation...

Chase Iron Eyes Asks For Help to Save Sacred Site

ICTMN Staff
August 19, 2012

Chase Iron Eyes, an attorney and founding writer at LastRealIndians.com, is seen in this video asking people to unite

Support Is Needed to Save Black Hills Sacred Site

Gale Courey Toensing
August 18, 2012

Each spring since time immemorial, Lakota people have visited their sacred places in South Dakota’s Black Hills—P

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...

Lakota Community Battles Deadly Rodent-Spread Hantavirus

Patti Jo King
July 16, 2012
The Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST) has initiated an intensive awareness and prevention program in order to address a recent Hantavirus outbreak in the Pine Ridge Village District ...

A 26-Year-Old Lakota Activist Campaigns to Make Plan B Available, Affordable to Native Women

Eisa Ulen
July 12, 2012
Sunny Clifford, a 26-year-old Pine Ridge Tribal park ranger , has launched a Change.org petition that seeks to improve the quality of women’s lives by making Plan B available—and a...

Albert Afraid of Hawk, One of Buffalo Bill's Rough Riders, Is Heading Home

Christine Rose, Editor for BethelPatch
July 06, 2012
For more than 100 years, Albert Afraid of Hawk has been resting in a grave between a dirt road and wooded hills in Danbury, Connecticutt's Wooster Cemetery...

Bureau of Indian Education Director Resigning

ICTMN Staff
June 20, 2012
Keith Moore, Rosebud Sioux, is resigning as director of the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) to take a position in his home state of South Dakota...
Lise Balk King

Vern Traversie and the Worst Place to Be an Indian

In western South Dakota, it’s all about perception. If you are Indian, or appear to be Indian, you are routinely judged by the color of your skin regarding the content of your character. If you are white, there is also a set of assumptions made by those standing on the other side....

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