For the full story, see “Exposing and Repairing the Devastation Caused by the Indian Adoption Project”
I think, based only on my own observation (1) (I’m really too lazy to do any research this late in the day), that a lower percentage of Indian kids believe in Santa Claus than any other ethnicity in the United States. Sure, Jewish kids, kinda as a rule, don’t really do the Christmas thing too much; still...... Read More
Women have always played an integral part in decisions, such as when the tribe moved from one place to another and even who was selected to certain societies. Not until modern times have women been selected to take the position of "Chief" and been given equal stature to men in their tribes. Recent examples ha...... Read More
This image comes to us from Richard Whiteford, an environmental communications consultant in Pennsylvania. He writes: “Do you know that the Okehockings, a tribe of the Lenape were the only Native Americans to receive a land grant directly from William…
This month marks the one-year anniversary of the United States formally reversing its opposition to the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. While some involved in the indig... read more
Alzheimer’s disease and dementia research can grow only within their available funding. That’s one reason why research into connections between the diseases and military veterans is stil... read more
There are no rhinestone cowboys here—plenty of bling, but it’s definitely the real thing—and unless you’re decked out in hand-stenciled belts with shiny oversized buckles, big hats a... read more
Three people are reported dead in Mexico’s Guerrero state in a 6.5-magnitude earthquake that rattled residents from Acapulco to Mexico City. The quake occurred on Saturday December 10 at 0... read more
As we were looking back on this incredible year in pictures out on the pow wow circuit, we were contacted by photographer Diego James Robles, who is currently living and working in the hear... read more
Alzheimer’s disease and dementia research can grow only within their available funding. That’s one reason why r... Read More
The Cessna touched down on a gravel airstrip in northwest Namibia and left us, alone in a scorching, rugged landsca... Read More
Members of Montana’s Blackfeet Tribe are accustomed to being on their own for long periods of time. In their part... Read More
A newly formed partnership was announced December 2 between the State of Hawaii Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) an... Read More
Three people are reported dead in Mexico’s Guerrero state in a 6.5-magnitude earthquake that rattled resident... Read More
Every week ICTMN is posting a different episode of the Lakota language version of Berenstain Bears, or Matȟó ... Read More
One of the main stories of 2011 was the killing of Osama bin Laden. His death reverberated throughout Indian Countr... Read More
Update: ICTMN has received confirmation that the grandmothers themselves will not be going on this trek, more infor... Read More
Our first coverage of Kenny Dobbs was this past February 23rd, when we were clued in on a young Choctaw dunking phe... Read More
On November 1, Dr. Katherine Siva Saubel, Ph.D., a Cahuilla elder, scholar and co-founder of the Malki Museum—and... Read More
England was once so proud of its colonial regime that it boasted, "The sun never sets on the British empire." Today, colonialism is a bad word. It is fashionable to say we live in a 'post-colonial' world. The truth is the world continues to involve relations of domination and exploitation, under new names:...... Read More
December 18, 2011 marks the 40th anniversary of the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANSCA), the anniversary of the “great experiment” that failed many Alaska Native corporations (ANC) shareholders, but allowed a few to benefit. I speak as a shareholder of Sealaska and Goldbelt corps. ...... Read More
Last year, in the ironically named Citizens United case, the U.S. Supreme Court followed the logic of a line of cases declaring corporations to be “persons” within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment and found them equal to human beings in the matter of spending money to influence politics. In August ...... Read More
I read with great surprise that North Dakota resident Sakakawea, who traveled as a guide on the great Lewis and Clark expedition that laid the geographical history of the landscape of early America and helped to locate many of the American Indian tribes, their lands of origin and their cultural uniqueness, wa...... Read More
An earlier version of this commentary first appeared in The Daily Caller. Native Americans understand through very personal experience that this country’s history is one of conflict and compromise. At our finest moments, Indian and American political leaders have worked together to promote a positive...... Read More
We know democracy’s slogan: “Elections matter.” Or if that doesn’t work, draw on so many other oft-repeated phrases that make up the melodies in our politics. “Vote for change,” “stay the course,” or these days, “we are the 99 percent,” and the result, as George Orwell once observed, is �...... Read More
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