Steve Russell

Dual Citizens on the Edge of the Fiscal Cliff

Tribal governments that disdain being “domestic, dependent nations” should prepare two budgets, similar to the “shadow governments” that opposition parties compose in a parliamentary system....

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October 06, 2012

Indian Identity, Choice and Change: What Do You Choose?

Duane Champagne
September 28, 2012
Indigenous individuals and nations are faced with choices about identity, change and cultural continuity...

Chickasaw Nation Appoints New Administrator of Division of History and Culture

ICTMN Staff
September 08, 2012
Lisa John, who has been employed with the Chickasaw Nation since 1994, will now serve as administrator for the nation’s Division of History and Culture...

Navajo Times CEO Wins Award for Diversity Leadership

ICTMN Staff
August 16, 2012
Tom Arviso, the publisher and chief executive officer of the Navajo Times in Window Rock, Arizona, was recently named a recipient of the McGruder Award for Diversity Leadership, aw...

Hoopa Tribe Helps Destroy 26,600 Marijuana Plants Invading Sacred Land

ICTMN Staff
August 10, 2012
As if sanctioned industrial development on sacred tribal lands weren’t enough, the Hoopa Tribe in California is also contending with desecration by organized crime growing marijuan...

Fairness, Justice and Government

Duane Champagne
August 09, 2012
Recent studies by the UCLA School of Law Native Nations Law & Policy Center suggest that American Indians do not believe that federal, state or tribal courts are fair...

Tribal Governments: What Price ‘Democracy’?

Duane Champagne
June 19, 2012
A puzzling aspect of the term tribe is its lack of a clear definition. Even the Department of the Interior, the last word on federal recognition, doesn’t have one...

Noble Savages, Noble Nations

Duane Champagne
June 04, 2012
Considered from our 21st century standpoint, the term noble savage is patronizing and condescending...

Consensus Among Government and Tribal Justice Systems

Duane Champagne
May 08, 2012
In this country, all citizens are equal under the law—in theory...

UANativeNet Provides Training in Tribal Governance and Law

Lee Allen
April 05, 2012
Whether you want to learn a little or a lot about topics of interest to indigenous cultures, you’ll get any answers you seek on UANativeNet, a locus of learning formerly known as A...

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