‘Gives Me Chills’ Veterans Memorial From Native Perspective

Brian Daffron
11/11/15
Many Americans know about the Navajo Code Talkers and about Ira Hayes, the Pima who helped raise the flag on Iwo Jima’s Mount Suribachi during World War II...

Feds Side With Tulalip Tribes in Quil Ceda Tax Fight

Richard Walker
8/12/15
Tulalip Tribes Chairman Mel Sheldon was waiting for Boyz II Men and Brian McKnight to take the stage at the Tulalip Amphitheater, in the midst of the Tulalip city that the state in...

Tulalip Tribes Sues State, County; Says Taxes on Trust Land Unconstitutional

Richard Walker
7/2/15
Washington State and Snohomish County officials contend they have the authority to tax business transactions conducted by non-Indians on Indian land, including the Tulalip Tribes m...

Creator of First Federally Recognized City in Indian Country Named to State’s Most Influential List

Lynn Armitage
5/13/15
The Puget Sound Business Journal has recognized John McCoy, a Native of the Tulalip Tribes of Washington, and current state senator, as one of the top 35 most influential business ...

‘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...

New Seattle Superintendent Will Meet With Native Reps

Richard Walker
12/16/14
Seattle’s new superintendent of public schools, Dr...

Community Mourns Second Shooting Victim; Won’t ‘Make This About Race’

Richard Walker
10/27/14
Gia Soriano, one of five students shot in the head by a classmate at a high school near the Tulalip reservation, died late October 26...

NCAI Celebrates Passage of VAWA on One-Year Anniversary

ICTMN Staff
3/10/14
The Violence Against Women Act of 2013 (VAWA) recently turned a year old, and as tribes around the country are working on pilot programs the National Congress of American Indians r...

Chairman Melvin R. Sheldon: NMAI’s Meet Native America Series

Dennis Zotigh
2/22/14
In the interview series Meet Native America , the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian invites tribal leaders, cultural figures, and other interesting and accomplishe...

Health, Innovation and the Promise of VAWA 2013 in Indian Country

Valerie Jarrett and Tony West
9/8/13
Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett speaks to Tulalip Court leaders about the implementation of VAWA 2013 in Indian country. September 5, 2013...

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