President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address

ICTMN Staff
February 12, 2013
The following is President Barack Obama’s full State of the Union Address which he gave Tuesday night: “Mr. Speaker, Mr...

Native Vote Could Sway National and Local Elections in Michigan

Alysa Landry
October 26, 2012
Environmental concerns, border control and other state and national issues are among the Election Day hot topics for Michigan’s Native population...

Is Current Indian Policy Sufficient?

ICTMN Staff
October 15, 2012
The year 1928 saw the release of the so-called Meriam Report, the first comprehensive overview of U.S. Indian policy since the 1850s...

Federal Officials Support Native Tuition Waiver at Fort Lewis College

Carol Berry
August 28, 2012
For Colorado , with a shrinking state budget and a growing Native American student body at Fort Lewis College (FLC) in Durango, planning has been difficult because of a potentially...

Native Educators Honor Montana Governor

ICTMN Staff
April 16, 2012
For his leadership in Indian education , Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer was honored on Friday, April 13 by the Montana Indian Education Association , reported NBC Montana...
Rob Schmidt

‘Children of the Plains’ Was Little More Than ‘Poverty Porn’

The 20/20 special about the Pine Ridge Reservation, "Children of the Plains" (watch the full episode ...

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November 17, 2011

Treatment of Native Americans Explored in Documentary

ICTMN Staff
October 29, 2011
This documentary, by Robin Davey and Yellow Thunder Woman, about the treatment of Native American people by the United States government was screened at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festi...

Living or Surviving on Native American Reservations

Duane Champagne
October 08, 2011
A concerned Northwestern tribal member sent me an e-mail some months ago...
Mark Trahant

Where Are Indian Country’s Jobs?

Last week the Bureau of Labor Statistics started a frenzy when it released its latest job report, showing that only 54,000 jobs were added to the economy in May....

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June 06, 2011

The Sioux-Premes: Pine Ridge Start-Up Business Shoots for the Stars

Stephanie Woodard
October 16, 2012
“This is as big as the moon landing,” said millworker John Romero, speaking of Sioux-Preme Wood Products, in Manderson, South Dakota...

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