Six Seats Native Candidates Can Win to Flip Congress

Mark Trahant
2/18/16
TRAHANT REPORTS – Indian country is a key voting bloc in the Democrat’s campaign to win more House seats. Sort of...

The Hidden History of Why Native Americans Lose Elections (And What to Do About It)

Mark Trahant
2/12/16
TRAHANT REPORTS – Native Americans make up .37 percent of Congress (that’s about one-third of one percent) compared to about 2 percent of the country’s population as a whole...

Fort Wingate Back to Indian Country: Pueblo Say ‘Yes,’ Navajo Nation Says ‘Maybe’

Anne Minard
7/23/15
Two congressmen want to return a defunct New Mexico Army depot to the Navajo Nation and the Pueblo of Zuni. The Pueblo is on board, but the Navajo Nation is opposed...

Would That It Be True: Bureau Of Indian Affairs’ Extreme Rubber Stamping For Land Into Trust Applications

Mark Trahant
5/27/15
A couple of years ago Pepperdine Law Review published a student research piece that called the fee-to-trust process found in the Indian Reorganization Act “extreme rubber stamping,...

Rep. Don Young is Leading an Assault on Native Rights

Gale Courey Toensing
5/27/15
Watching most Congressional hearings is about as exciting as an afternoon at the DMV...

‘Baseless and Fictitious Anti-Indian Rhetoric’ at Rogue Congressional Hearing on Fed Recognition

Gale Courey Toensing
5/13/15
The United South and Eastern Tribes, seven partner organizations and a federally recognized sovereign Indian nation have asked the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian, I...

NAHASDA Passes House; All Eyes on Senate Now

ICTMN Staff
3/24/15
“NAHASDA is a pillar in the federal government’s trust relationship with our Native peoples and continues to support overwhelmingly successful housing initiatives,” Congressman Don...

Sealaska Endorses Young, Egan and Muñoz

Sealaska Release
8/10/14
The Sealaska board of directors announced endorsement of Congressman Don Young, Alaska State Senator Dennis Egan and Alaska Representative Cathy Muñoz...

Rep. Daines Talks Cobell and the Need for GOP to Connect With Tribes

Rob Capriccioso
7/14/14
Republican Rep. Steve Daines is feeling confident that he can pull off a win against incumbent Democratic Sen. John Walsh in this fall’s closely watched Montana Senate race...

White House Paid Native Woman Less Than Man for Job

Rob Capriccioso
7/7/14
When Alaska Native citizen Raina Thiele took over for Navajo Nation citizen Charlie Galbraith at the White House as Associate Director of Intergovernmental Affairs early this year,...

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