Veterans Affairs

New Monument Honors Navajos Who Saved Lives, Turned the Tide in the Pacific

ICTMN Staff

April 04, 2013

On March 21, the Navajo Code Talkers won another round when the New Mexico State Organization of the Daughters of the American Revolution paid homage to their legacy by unveiling t...

Mitch Albom: 'Vietnam Vet Deserves a Friendlier Farewell'

ICTMN Staff

March 25, 2013

On Sunday, March 24, Mitch Albom, the award-winning Detroit Free Press columnist and best-selling author of Tuesdays With Morrie , wrote about a Vietnam veteran who recently passed...

Native Leader, Veteran and Pow Wow Head Man Dancer Charlie Harjo Walks On

ICTMN Staff

March 11, 2013

Charles Anthony "Charlie" Harjo, Choctaw/Creek, has walked on...

Native American Veterans by the Numbers

ICTMN Staff

March 05, 2013

In September 2012 the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) released a comprehensive profile of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) veterans...

Secretary of the Department of Health, Sebelius’ Remarks at White House Tribal Nations Conference

ICTMN Staff

December 06, 2012

The following are remarks from Kathleen Sebelius, the 21st Secretary of the Department of Health, during President Barack Obama’s fourth annual White House Tribal Nations Conferenc...

Native American Heritage Month Program at Muscogee (Creek) Veterans Affairs Medical Center

ICTMN Staff

November 29, 2012

On Friday, November 30, the last day of Native American Heritage Month, the Jack C...

Oglala Sioux Tribe Breaks Ground on Veterans Cemetery Despite Opposition

Vincent Schilling

November 02, 2012

With the benefit of a recent $6.5 million grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST) in Pine Ridge, South Dakota broke ground in early October on a...

6th Annual Southern Arizona Gathering of American Indian Veterans: Opportunity for Native Vets to Learn About Their Benefits

ICTMN Staff

October 12, 2012

The Coalition of American Indian Veterans, which includes the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS), Indian Health Service, and the Tucson Indian Center, along with Trib...

VA Approves $28 Million in Grants for Homeless Veterans

ICTMN Staff

October 05, 2012

As ICTMN reported in December 2011 , the 2010 Veteran Homelessness supplemental assessment report to Congress indicated a disturbing statistic that showed that American Indian and ...