First Kitty Litter, Now a Typo? Santa Fe New Mexican Investigates LANL Radiation Leak

Alex Jacobs
11/24/14
Did a typo cause the $500 million (and counting) ongoing cleanup of the radiation leak at the Waste Isolation Project (WIPP) in Carlsbad, New Mexico?...

Sky Woman, Turtle Island, and the Great Celestial Tree Get a Movie (It's About Time!)

Alex Jacobs
11/20/14
The Iroquois Creation Story—which tells of the Great Celestial Tree, Sky Woman, Turtle Island, Flint and Sky Holder—is an oral tradition that has been documented hundreds, if not t...

There's a War Going On! Janet Rogers Writes Dispatches From the Front Lines

Alex Jacobs
10/23/14
Mohawk poet Janet Marie Rogers’ fourth poetry book, Peace in Duress , should be the charm and there’s no reason to claim you haven’t heard or read her work...

Sovereignty Without Compromise, Since 1974: The Story of Ganienkeh

Alex Jacobs
10/8/14
Alex Jacobs, the Santa Fe-based Mohawk artist and poet who originally hails from Akwesasne, has been our guide in exploring and explaining the Akwesasne Notes posters of the 1970s ...

Classic '70s Posters: Ganienkeh, the Mohawks Who Took the Land Back

ICTMN Staff
10/8/14
Forty years ago, a group of Mohawk Indians took over a former girls' summer camp in upstate New York and claimed the land as sovereign, answerable not to the laws of the United Sta...

Radiation Leak Linked to Los Alamos; Do We Really Want Biological Agents There?

Alex Jacobs
10/1/14
The cause of the radiation leak at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, New Mexico, is still unresolved, but we know that it started with Los Alamos National Laboratorie...

Presley LaFountain Lives for his Art, the Art That Keeps Him Alive [15 Photos]

Alex Jacobs
9/24/14

Twelve years ago, people in Santa Fe didn’t know if Presley LaFountain would live through the summer, much less bring

Cartoonist Without Reservations: Ricardo Cate' Is One Funny Indian

Alex Jacobs
8/21/14
Ricardo Cate’ is from Kewa (Santo Domingo Pueblo) and he has found a little niche for himself in the art world of Santa Fe...

Heavy Legacy: Sculptures Descend on MIAC for Allan Houser Tribute

Alex Jacobs
8/14/14
The Museum of Indian Art and Culture (MIAC, indianartsandculture.org ) presents a tribute exhibit, Footprints: The Inspiration and Influence of Allan Houser, for the legendary Apac...

Rebellion and History: Impressive Slate of Native Films Screens in Santa Fe

Alex Jacobs
8/14/14
It’s not a designated Film Festival but you will have a chance to see several new and recent Native feature and short films during Indian Market week at a few venues...

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