Spiritual Leader Sid Hill Agrees That It's Time to Change 'Redskins'

Sean Kirst | Syracuse.com
3/20/14
This article is republished courtesy Syracuse.com . Sid Hill took the call a few months ago...

Haudenosaunee Renew Two Row Wampum With Dutch

Kenneth Deer
10/6/13

The Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign landed in The Netherlands.

In a ceremony under a Tree of Peace in the center of the Hague, Onondaga Faithkeeper Oren Lyons presented a replica of the Two Row Wampum to the Ambassador for Human Rights of the government of the Netherlands....

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The Seven Generations Way to Have Growth and Balance

Peter d'Errico
10/1/13
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The Disputed Myth, Metaphor and Reality of Two Row Wampum

Darren Bonaparte
8/9/13

As a Mohawk historian who uses wampum belts to tell our story, I have always loved the Two Row Wampum Belt and its metaphor of the native canoe and European ship sailing side by side down the river of life....

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Oneida Nation and New York State Enter 'Historic' Revenue Sharing

Gale Courey Toensing
5/16/13
Decades of contentious lawsuits between the Oneida Indian Nation and the State of New York have ended in an historic agreement that resolves all disputes over land rights, tax issu...

Origins of the Foedus ('Federal') System

Steven Newcomb
4/22/13

In Indian country it is commonplace to say that the United States Constitution was at least partly inspired by the Confederacy of the Haudenosaunee....

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An Emmy-Winning Producer's Doc About Lacrosse's Native Origins

Vincent Schilling
4/22/13
Dennis Deninger, an Emmy-winning production executive, was one of the first coordinating producers of ESPN’s SportsCenter...

The Holy See’s Destructive Legacy of Deprimantur

Steven Newcomb
4/8/13

Pope Francis—Jorge Mario Bergoglio—is 76 years old. He is the first pope from Latin America, the first Jesuit pope, and the first pope of our time not born in Europe....

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2012 Retrospective: July

ICTMN Staff
12/24/12
Take a look back at July 2012's biggest stories from the pages of our weekly magazine, This Week From Indian Country Today ...

On the Use of Colonizing Language

Steven Newcomb
9/13/12

In English grammar we find pronouns for the first person plural, “we,” and the possessive adjective, “our.” In this column, I’d like to discuss the possessive adjective “our,” and the negative effect of Indian people using “we” or “our,” when talking about the United States....

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