The short answer to this question is: Of course they do. Eye-opening as it might seem, about three quarters of our Native population subscribe to some form of secular or religious faith, with Catholicism being the most common. The long answer is that the contemporary American Indian has a distinct tendenc...... Read More
Our culture, our people, our languages, and our children are the greatest gifts that Indian people have. Those gifts cannot be purchased in a store or off of ebay--please be safe and enjoy the gifts that the Creator gave us that makes us uniquely "us." With that, I leave you all with some wisdom f...... 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…
As winter wraps its icy fingers around much of Indian Country and we prepare to say goodbye to 2011, we’ve got a few pow wow stories that’ll help warm your heart from this past year and... read more
The Spanish arrived in South America in the early 1500s in search of land, slaves, souls and riches. They were not disappointed with what they found, especially when it came to gold. Indigen... read more
The year 2011 provided few bright spots in the courts or Congress for Indian nations. The year began inauspiciously in January with a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District o... read more
Santa Claus has started his iconic journey around the world, beginning, of course in Inuit territory, as the Circumpolar Region encompasses his residence at the North Pole. The U.S. and Cana... read more
In this article, Indian Country Today Media Network takes a look back at some of the 2011 coverage regarding the issues of culture and regalia. Regalia, as many ICTMN readers might be aware,... read more
Update: The deadline for this writing competition has been extended to March 1, 2012 and a second prize, an iPad, h... Read More
YouTube user NDNinLA, Geraldine Chases-her-Tail, has been posting videos featuring an Ojibway language word of the ... Read More
During the 19th and early 20th centuries, EuropeanAmerican religion was hostile to the North American continent’s... Read More
As winter wraps its icy fingers around much of Indian Country and we prepare to say goodbye to 2011, we’ve got a ... Read More
Numerous tribes and organizations throughout Indian Country could greatly benefit from your contributions this year... Read More
Every week ICTMN is posting a different episode of the Lakota language version of Berenstain Bears, or Matȟó ... Read More
Around the world, voices are lifted in song to celebrate the birth of the baby Jesus. Whether one adheres to the Ch... Read More
The Spanish arrived in South America in the early 1500s in search of land, slaves, souls and riches. They were not ... Read More
The year 2011 provided few bright spots in the courts or Congress for Indian nations. The year began inauspiciously... Read More
After serving 22 years in the Navajo Nation court systems, from a probationary judge to a District Court Judge, Ler... Read More
The National Indian Council On Aging (NICOA) needs the help of the gaming tribes, especially the wealthiest 20 percent of the gaming tribes. (It is estimated that just 20 percent of the 565 recognized tribal entities control 80 percent of the gaming wealth in Indian country.) The Alaska Native Corporatio...... Read More
I’ve been writing a lot lately about the Era of Contraction—the shrinking of the federal government—and what that policy means to Indian Country. Only not this year. Last week Congress finally approved money for fiscal year 2012 (three months into the spending year) and many programs serving Ame...... Read More
The traditions of my people teach that acting unjustly toward others will cause blowback. This is famously illustrated in the story of how disease came to man in retaliation for what he had done to parts of creation he could dominate. Man had mistaken the power to do something for the morality of doi...... Read More
I didn’t think much of a phone message I received when checking my voicemails at my office last week. The other voice on the line said something to the extent that they just wanted to verify a recent purchase. It’s the holidays, so I put it into my mental to-do list and called back a day or so l...... Read More
I recently participated in Occupy Oakland. I was in the Bay area on other business and could not resist the chance to take part in history in the making. Since I first wrote about Occupy Wall Street, the Occupy Movement has produced a firestorm of protests across the nation and globe. Nobody seems able t...... Read More
Indian Country Today Media Network staff recently posted a video of Cindy Jacobs (scroll to bottom), a self-appointed prophet of a militaristic Christian group, who claimed that Texas had been cursed by indigenous people who had once lived in the state. She states that Native Americans in Texas had be...... Read More
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