Navajo Nation Honors Code Talker Albert Smith

ICTMN Staff
April 19, 2013
Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly said the Navajo Nation collectively mourns the loss of Navajo Code Talker Albert Smith, 88, who passed away Wednesday morning...

Navajo Code Talker Albert Smith Walks On

ICTMN Staff
April 17, 2013
ICTMN has learned that Navajo Code Talker Albert Smith has passed away. The news was announced by the Our Navajo Code Talkers Facebook page earlier today...

Oldest Member of Yurok Tribe Walks On, Leaves Lasting Language Legacy

ICTMN Staff
April 10, 2013
Archie Thompson wasn’t just vital to the revitalization and preservation of his tribe’s Yurok language, he was also the single father of his eight children and a World War II veter...
Oliver J. Semans

Rights Do Have a Cost

“Everyone talks about rights, but they have a cost,” said attorney Sara Frankenstein in a recent article on ICTMN.com (“With 2014 Elections Looming, N...

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April 02, 2013

Iconic Iwo Jima Flag-Raising Monument, Depicting Pima Indian Marine Ira H. Hayes, Is on the Auction Block

Vincent Schilling
February 21, 2013
On Friday, February 22, at 1 p.m./Eastern, Bonhams of New York is holding an auction to sell a collection of WWII items and military memoriabilia entitled, “ World War II: The Paci...

Introducing Captain Gary Lockee, Reluctant Lumbee War Hero

Dr. Dean Chavers
January 27, 2013
When I was a teenager, I was friends with Miss Lula Lockee. She was born about 1900, just a few years after my grandmother...
Kawika Riley

Honoring Senator Inouye by Working Together

The United States, and all of its indigenous peoples, lost a hero and a champion this week, with the passing of U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii)....

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December 20, 2012

NIGA: Senator Daniel K. Inouye 'Was One of the Giants of Our Time'

NIGA Chairman Ernest L. Stevens, Jr., and NIGA Vice Chairman Kevin Leecy
December 19, 2012
The following is a message by the National Indian Gaming Association on the passing of Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) on December 17...

Wyandotte Chief Leaves List of Accomplishments Behind

ICTMN Staff
November 23, 2012
He went from piloting a B-24 bomber named “Big Chief” to serving as the chief of the Wyandotte Nation for 28 years...

Navajo Code Talker Honored With Degree and Key to the City

ICTMN Staff
November 15, 2012
Campus-wide activities at the University of Kansas (KU) for Veterans Day included a touching ceremony November 12 honoring Chester Nez, the last surviving member of the original 29...

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