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More New Mexico Tribal-State Gaming Compacts Take Effect

ICTMN Staff
10/28/15
New Mexico has broken the record for more tribes with "deemed approved" compacts by the Bureau of Indian Affairs than any other state in the country. If the U.S...

50 Faces, Part IV: Sherman, Washburn, Means, Michaels, Thompson

ICTMN Staff
9/9/15
This installment -- our fourth -- of the 2015 50 Faces of Indian Country might be the most diverse yet, at least in terms of occupation...

Indian Country Today Premieres ‘50 Faces of Indian Country’

ICTMN Staff
8/27/15
Indian Country Today Media Network has published its “50 Faces of Indian Country 2015” magazine, a first-ever celebration of the diversity and power of Native stars, athletes and l...
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Indian Country Braces for Battle With Adoption Industry Over ICWA Guidelines

Suzette Brewer
3/30/15
Last month, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn announced the release of new guidelines in the Federal Register to ensure that state and federal cou...

Deputy Secretary Connor Outlines Land Buy-Back Program Accomplishments

ICTMN Staff
11/25/14
Individual American Indians have been paid more than $225 million through the Interior Department’s Land Buy-Back Program...

Native Yale Law Students Honor Kevin Washburn and Prepare for Hard Work

Peter d'Errico
10/30/14

The Native American Law Students Association at Yale Law School held its first ever Alumni Achievement Awards Dinner October 23, 2014. The recipient, Kevin Washburn (Chickasaw), class of 1993, is Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the U.S....

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Enough Already! Too Many Tweaks to the Right-of-Way Proposal

Jay Daniels
10/17/14

Perusing Facebook recently, I found a group of folks who are adamantly opposing the currently published "Proposed Rule Change for Rights-of-Way Across Indian Lands." Their rationale?...

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Navajo-Interior Historic Settlement Morning Blessing

Historic Navajo-U.S. Settlement as It Happened: 10 Unforgettable Images

ICTMN Staff
9/29/14

 

Washburn Meets With Ray Halbritter, ICTMN During UN Indigenous Conference

Simon Moya-Smith
9/25/14
Kevin Washburn, Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, met with Ray Halbritter, Oneida Indian Nation Representative and CEO, and ICTMN editorial staff in New York City on Monday to...

Indian Gaming Reform: What Is Congress Plotting, and How Will SCIA Chair Jon Tester Respond?

Rob Capriccioso
7/28/14
Undercurrents of legislative reform of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) — the 1988 law that gives the federal government the power to regulate tribal gaming — are once again...

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