The Week That Was: The Big Stories in Indian Country, February 17, 2013

ICTMN Staff
February 17, 2013
It's our weekly roundup of the stories that mattered most in Indian country: • LAND DISPUTE: The Poarch Band of Creek Indians blocked access to the sacred Hickory Ground by a group...

Jefferson Keel's State of the Indian Nations Address

ICTMN Staff
February 14, 2013
The following is National Congress of American Indians President Jefferson Keel’s 11 th Annual State of the Indian Nations Address from this morning in Washington, D.C.: “Members o...

Senate Passes Pro-Tribal VAWA Again; SCIA Vice-Chair Barrasso Against

Rob Capriccioso
February 13, 2013
Rejecting attempts to politicize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), a wide majority of the U.S...

Tribal Provisions Secure in Passing of Violence Against Women Act in Senate

ICTMN Staff
February 12, 2013
The first hurdle is cleared for the tribal provisions to the Violence Against Women Act, as the Senate voted 78-22 today to reauthorize VAWA...

Sen. Cantwell Urges Swift Passage of Violence Against Women Act on Senate Floor With Tribal Provisions

ICTMN Staff
February 09, 2013
U.S...

Grassley/Hutchison VAWA Amendment Knocked Down

ICTMN Staff
February 07, 2013
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) received a victory today as Senators Chuck Grassley’s (R-IA) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) proposed amendment was knocked down...

Early Treaties Prove That U.S. Founding Fathers Would Have Deemed VAWA Constitutional

Gale Courey Toensing
February 07, 2013
The statistics are horrifying: 34 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native women will be raped in their lifetimes and 39 percent will be subjected to domestic violence; on some...

The Violence Against Women Act: Gun Rights, Idle No More, and Why Most House Republicans Say Rape Is OK

Gyasi Ross
February 05, 2013
INTRODUCTION: OF GUN RIGHTS AND POLITICS There is a fundamental difference between leadership and politics...
Steve Russell

Government in the Land of Oz

I seldom point to the colonial governments as an example for tribal governments, but we could learn a lot from the ongoing comedy in Washington. After all, a negative example is still an example....

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February 02, 2013

The Week That Was: The Big Stories in Indian Country, January 27, 2013

ICTMN Staff
January 27, 2013
It's our weekly roundup of the stories that mattered most in Indian country: FOUR MORE YEARS: President Barack Obama was sworn in for a second term, and during his speech he discus...

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