Flowing Through Indian Country: 5 More Endangered Rivers

Konnie LeMay
4/14/15
Editor’s note: While the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon is the most endangered river on Turtle Island according to the conservation group American Rivers, there are nine m...

5 Most Endangered Rivers of Turtle Island: Many Flow Through Indian Country

Konnie LeMay
4/7/15
It’s no secret that water pollution is clogging rivers across Turtle Island. But the annual list of the most endangered rivers in the U.S...

Vanderbilt University to Host First Powwow

ICTMN Staff
9/1/14
NASHVILLE, TN – As part of Vanderbilt University’s commemoration of Constitution and Citizenship Day, on Wednesday, September, 17, 2014 , the newly formed student organization call...

Native Statue Named ‘Sandy’ Becomes Tennessee State Artifact

ICTMN Staff
3/27/14
“Sandy” is an 18-inch sandstone statue of a kneeling male figure that was carved between 1000 and 1350 A.D. during the Mississippian period...

Native History: Ku Klux Klan Formed as a Secret Fraternity in Tennessee

Alysa Landry
12/24/13
This Date in Native History: On December 24, 1865, a group of confederate Civil War veterans formed the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennessee...

Tennessee Newspaper Writes ‘Trojans Scalp Indians,' Mayor Tweets Story

Vincent Schilling
11/22/13
When reporting on this past weekend’s Dyersburg, Tennessee, football game, in which the Dyersburg High School Trojans played the Northside Indians, the State Gazette reported on th...

CNN: Ancient Cave Paintings Show Deep Thinking by Natives

ICTMN Staff
6/21/13
Last night, CNN.com produced an interesting report on the U.S.'s oldest cave and rock art, recently discovered in Tennessee ...

American Indian Athletes Lead St. Louis Cardinals and Tennessee Volunteers in Pivotal Games Today

ICTMN Staff
9/29/12
In a major college football clash, quarterback Tyler Bray , Citizen Potawatomi Nation, leads the 3-1 Tennessee Volunteers into Athens, Georgia to face the number 5 ranked Georgia B...

Little-Known Trail of Tears Segment ‘Rediscovered’

ICTMN Staff
9/20/12
UPDATED OCTOBER 3: New information added from National Parks Service and Native History Association...

Parents: Don’t Cheer at Graduation, You Could Get Arrested

ICTMN Staff
6/6/12
A South Carolina mother was arrested for cheering too loudly when her daughter was called to receive her diploma, and an Ohio senior’s diploma is being withheld when his family and...

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