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White House Focuses on Women and Girls of Color at Wake Forest University

Lisa J. Ellwood

11/19/15

This past Friday, November 13 2015, the White House Council on Women and Girls hosted a day-long national forum on “ Advancing Equity for Women and Girls of Color ” in partnership ...

Anishinabe-Kwe in the House!

Mary Annette Pember

11/3/15

Karen Diver, Chairwoman of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Minnesota, has just announced that she is stepping down from her long time position as tribal chairwoma...

Video: Native SOAR Leader Among White House Champions of Change

Jorge Martin-Melchor

10/23/15

Amanda Tachine was recently recognized by the White House as a Champion of Change , along with 10 other women from across the United States...

Obama Initiative: Native American Mascots Can 'Potentially' Cause Harm

Tara Houska

10/15/15

On Thursday, the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education (WHIAIANE) released a final report on listening sessions conducted in October through Novembe...

How One U.S. President Became a Native Advocate

Duane Champagne

5/24/15

Old tribal leaders will sometimes volunteer that the best time for Indian governments was during the Nixon administration. Richard M...

Blazing a New Trail: Jodi Gillette Leaves White House to Join Sonosky Chambers

Suzette Brewer

5/15/15

When Jodi Gillette was growing up in Kyle, South Dakota, she never imagined that one day she would be working on some of the most important social, political and economic issues fo...

Jodi Gillette Steps Down as White House Advisor, Accepts New Role

ICTMN Staff

5/14/15

Jodi Archambault Gillette, President Barack Obama’s special assistant for Native American affairs, departed the White House May 14 to accept a new position as policy advisor at the...

Happy Post Tax Day! Do You Know How Your Federal Tax Dollars Are Spent?

ICTMN Staff

4/16/15

Tax Day has come and gone, but did your accountant tell you where your tax dollars are going? Assuming, that is, that you were not of the nearly eight out of 10 U.S...