The Tragic History of African Slaves and Indians

Julianne Jennings
9/29/13

Mainstream America remains totally unaware of the biological and cultural bonds that exist between African slaves and American Indians—a people created by expulsion, slavery, racism and war caused the collision of cultures that became the crucible of destruction by force, but later provided the t...

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5 Monuments Guaranteed to Drive Natives Nuts

ICTMN Staff
7/31/13
Carving the faces of “founding fathers” who weren’t good for Indian policy into sacred mountains, having to walk by a monument of a man who was responsible for the death of countle...

Nice Day for a Genocide: Shocking Quotes on Indians by U.S. Leaders, Pt. 2

ICTMN Staff
7/17/13
These quotes about Indians from American leaders span from 1823 to 1889. Check out Part 1 here . Chief Justice John Marshall , Johnson and Graham’s Lessee v...

Nooksack Indian Tribe in Disenrollment Fight

Gale Courey Toensing
4/11/13
Ethnic cleansing – the forced removal of a population from a designated piece of territory – is nothing new in America...

Muscogee Man Held on Alleged Terrorist Threat Charge Freed

Gale Courey Toensing
2/20/13
A Muscogee (Creek) Nation citizen, who was jailed by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians for allegedly making a terrorist threat when he attempted to pray on the Hickory Ground sacred...

Muscogee Man Held on Terrorist Threat Charge for Attempted Prayer at Hickory Ground

Gale Courey Toensing
2/18/13
When Andrew Jackson’s illegal and heavily censured actions during the First Seminole War in 1817 were used two years ago to support a controversial provision in the National Defens...

Poarch Band Blocks Ceremony on Sacred Hickory Ground

Gale Courey Toensing
2/15/13
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians blocked access to the sacred Hickory Ground by a group of traditional Creek Indians who planned to hold a prayer ceremony on Valentine’s Day for th...

NY Counties Seek Ruling on Oneida Reservation—Again

Gale Courey Toensing
1/31/13
Madison and Oneida counties in New York have asked the U.S...

Idle No More Activists Will Rally to Save Hickory Ground

Gale Courey Toensing
1/23/13
The Idle No More movement will rally in Oklahoma and Alabama to protest the desecration of a sacred site...

Elections 2012: Manifest Destiny is a Topic for Monday Debate

Mark Trahant
10/22/12
A T-shirt with the words “ Manifest Destiny” became an instant cause in Indian country recently and especially on Social Media...

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