Yaqui

Steve Russell

Wars and Pieces of Law

“The halls of Montezuma,” in the Marine Corps Hymn, refers to the Mexican War, in which the US regularized the border with Texas and acquired by conquest New Mexico,...

March 12, 2013

Steve Russell

Citizenship and Nations

Citizenship is a tricky word in Indian country. It’s “citizenship” rather than “membership” if an Indian nation is not a club and you can’t join it....

March 20, 2012

Winona LaDuke

On Becoming One of Tucson’s Banned Authors

This past week, I had the distinction of becoming one of a select list of authors banned by the Tucson United School D...

January 30, 2012

Yaqui in Mexico Suffer Effects of Toxic Pesticides Used in Agricultural Fields

Brenda Norrell

February 22, 2006

OBREGON, Mexico -- Yaqui from Sonora, Mexico, are seeing an increase in birth defects, while young people are dying from cancer after working without protective clothing with pesti...

Mexican-Yaqui Doctor Blesses Arizona Memorial

ICTMN Staff

January 13, 2011

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Thing About Skins

We are firmly in graduation season. All of my graduations happened at least a decade ago, so I barely remember them. I do vaguely remember... Read More

Ask N NDN

I can't stress enough the importance of retaining our tribal languages, when it comes to the core relevance or existence of our people. Our... Read More

Health & Wellness

This is part 2 of a series about the custody battle for three-and-a-half-year-old Veronica, Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, heard by the U.S... Read More

Veterans

This month, Emily Juchniewicz will graduate from New Mexico State University with a degree in community health, the first of her siblings... Read More

Politics

In ongoing court battles over the right to manage the world-famous Grand Canyon Skywalk, the Hualapai Tribe claims victory in the latest... Read More

Genealogy

Love was the common thread in everything Fran James did, whether serving her faith, hosting an unexpected guest, passing on a teaching, or... Read More

Astronomy

Astronomers may operate in the dark, but they actually want to share the light. Starlight, that is. With all the varieties of pollution... Read More

Sports

Every week TheAtlantic.com Sports Roundtable discusses a hot-button sports topic of the moment. The conversations are engaging, thoughtful... Read More

Education

Harvard wanted him. Yale wanted him. Dartmouth, UCLA, Stanford—they all wanted him. So who finally landed Julian Brave NoiseCat? Columbia... Read More

Environment

It sounds like the tinkling of a wind chime or a chandelier. But it's not something one would expect to hear lakeside in early spring. "... Read More

Pow Wow MCs

“If you believe in yourself, who you are, where you come from, your culture and more importantly your language, it will take you to places... Read More

American Indian History

The first person to walk here did so over a thousand years ago when the Hohokam arrived at what is now known as Colossal Cave Mountain... Read More

Pow Wow Dancers

On the 25th anniversary of the first visit of Cirque du Soleil in New York City, the troupe is back in the Big Apple with their acclaimed... Read More

Indian Gaming

In 1993, then New York Governor Mario Cuomo and Oneida Nation Representative Ray Halbritter creating history by signing a gaming compact... Read More

Travel

Hawaiian arts and culture will be featured May 24-26 at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. during the 2013... Read More

Business

A lack of resources to help Native Americans learn effective money management techniques has stunted the ability of many Native families to... Read More

Canada

Numerous First Nation bands are alleging that the federal government is threatening them with loss of funding for essential services if... Read More

World News

Daniel Melinao used to draw water from a well on the land near his small, wood-frame house. Now a fire truck has to come once a week to... Read More

Pow Wow News

To award-winning musician Arvel Bird, Southern Paiute/Métis, music is fun, soothing, inspirational and deeply spiritual. “When I perform I... Read More

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