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TOENSING: Part 3: The Dawes Act Started the U.S. Land-Grab of Indian Territory
February 8 marked the 125th anniversary of the notorious Dawes Act. This is part three of a three-part series on this devastating bit of legislation. Click here if you missed part one, and click here if you missed part two.  Native Voices5/21/2012
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GIAGO: Touching an eagle feather to Warren Buffett's brow
(South Dakota) -- The Associated Press article began with; “Billionaire Warren Buffett’s company is making another foray into newspapers, agreeing to buy 63...
5/17/2012
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HALBRITTER: Fulfilling the Federal Trust Responsibility
(Washington D.C.) -- The following is testimony given on May 17 by Oneida Indian Nation Representative Ray Halbritter at the United States Senate Committee on Indian...
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LaROSE: Minnesota Chippewa trust fund bill not fair at all
(Minnesota) -- The most honest part of Norm Deschampe’s open letter on H.R. 1272, the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Trust Fund bill, is when he admitted that “It...
5/16/2012
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PEMBER: Native Girls Are Being Exploited and Destroyed at an Alarming Rate
(Minnesota) -- Mary G. was born from the boats. Her children were born from the boats too, all fathered through her liaisons with male customers. She has never known...
5/15/2012
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HARJO: What’s the Deal With Elizabeth Warren, Cherokee?
(Massachusetts) -- What’s up, you ask, with the “Native American” uproar in the Elizabeth Warren-Scott Brown race for U.S. senator from Massachusetts?...
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CREE: Turtle Mountain Band on the hook for a big loan
(North Dakota) -- Tribal corruption is something that happens often in Indian Country. I'm not saying it's an on-going thing, but it does happen and some of us...
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Guest Column: Passage of Senate Bill 2109 will secure our water rights
(Arizona) -- The Navajo Nation has been in litigation over our Little Colorado River water rights for 33 years and the litigation continues today. The children who were...
5/14/2012
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JENNINGS: In Celebration of National Nursing Week: The First Women of Healing
(Washington D.C.) -- In 1982 President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation on March 25, proclaiming a “National Recognition Day for Nurses.” The ANA Board of...
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LaDUKE: A great chief, Randy Kapashesit, passes on
(Minnesota) -- "Moose Factory, Ontario: When Chief Randy Kapashesit returned this time his remote community in northern Ontario, the earth shook: tremors of 4.4...
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PEMBER: Daughters Given Up for Adoption Seek Knowledge About Their Culture and Birth Mothers
(Minnesota) -- This year, for the first time in a long time, Mother’s Day didn’t bring with it the painful unknowns for Jeanne Winslow and Rachel Banks...
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STEARNS: Self-Determination, LBJ and UNDRIP
(USA) -- On a sunny September day in New York City in 2007, the United Nations General Assembly gathered to adopt the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of...
5/13/2012
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ROSS: Happy Mother’s Day: In Defense of ‘Mere’ Survival
(USA) -- My mom buried her oldest son, my oldest brother, when he was a teenager. My auntie buried her beautiful daughter, my cousin, not too long after that.
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LADUKE: A Great Chief, Randy Kapashesit, Passes On
(Minnesota) -- Moose Factory, Ontario: When Chief Randy Kapashesit returned this time his remote community in northern Ontario, the earth shook: tremors of 4.4 shook the...
5/11/2012
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PEMBER: The Woman with the Beadwork Tattoo
(USA) -- A few months ago, while looking for something else, I found my mother’s beadwork. They are just bits, really, of much longer strips of loom work that is...
5/10/2012
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D'ERRICO: Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: What’s in a Name? Say It
(USA) -- One of the most significant declarations ever to emanate from the United Nations, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, is belittled—mocked...
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STEARNS: Self-Determination, LBJ and UNDRIP
(Washington) -- On a sunny September day in New York City in 2007, the United Nations General Assembly gathered to adopt the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of...
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KEEL: VAWA tribal provisions are constitutionally sound
(Washington D.C.) -- There is a group of criminals, on Native American lands, who assault, rape, and abuse Native women and they can’t be arrested. These criminals...
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CHANATE: Native Leaders, Vision, and the Paradox of Power
(Colorado) -- Having a vision for nation and self is recognized as an important trait for Native leadership. Envision a path that guides your people to a place of well-...
5/8/2012
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CHARLES: Starting the conversation for US reconciliation
(USA) -- During his official visit to the United States, I had the privilege of personally, and publically, addressing James Anaya, the United Nations Special Rapporteur...
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BARREIRO: Making Fire
(New York) -- About a month ago, a client of Sky Woman Media pointed at me during a meeting and said, "I like the way she thinks." I overheard someone gush to...
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CHAMPAGNE: Consensus Among Government and Tribal Justice Systems
(California) -- In this country, all citizens are equal under the law—in theory. In Indian country, however, the courts, police and incarceration facilities are...
5/7/2012
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TREUER: An Ojibwe view of the Elizabeth Warren flap
(Minnesota) -- Suddenly many Americans wonders what it means that Elizabeth Warren, who is vying for Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown's U.S. Senate seat, has...
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BRAVE HEART: Never Hit A Woman! (unless She's Indian). By Kristi Noem
(South Dakota) -- “Dear white men: Move to an Indian reservation today, get an Indian girlfriend, and beat her all you want!” This is what Congresswoman Noem...
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DELORIA: Sam Deloria Responds to Steven Newcomb Column
(USA) -- Steven Newcomb wrote a column carried on IndianCountryTodayMediaNetwork.com and on Indianz.com in which he criticized my remarks quoted in Chuck Trimble’s...
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GIAGO: "Drill, baby, drill" Is Coming to Indian Country
(South Dakota) -- The oil boom is coming to South Dakota, "Not if, but when," according to those in the know, including Governor Dennis Daugaard.
5/6/2012
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ROSS: Junior Seau, Suicide and Spirituality
(USA) -- I was watching SportsCenter the other day and some news hit me right between the eyes: Junior Seau, Samoan phenom, committed suicide.
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RUSSELL: Indians and Affirmative Action
(Texas) -- All racial discourse has been nonsensical since we’ve understood H. sapiens as one species with common ancestors. “White” is about color,...
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RUSSELL: Indians and Diversity
(Texas) -- This term, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case about affirmative action in university admissions, where my alma mater is on the side of diversity for...
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Doug George-Kanentiio: Living in a time of predicted changes
(New York) -- One of the more remarkable things about Mohawk culture are the set of teachings referred to as prophecies. From the formation of the Haudenosaunee...
5/2/2012
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ROSS: Don’t Know Much About Indians (but i let non-indians speak for them anyways)
(Washington) -- Like any ethnic identity discourse, the “Native” conversation is complicated and convoluted. Yet, in the twin pursuit(s) of political...
4/30/2012
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NEWCOMB: On Territory and Terrorism
(Washington D.C.) -- We have been told that a fight against “terrorism” is the reason why the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was passed by...
4/29/2012
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GIAGO: Tatanka Iyotanka (Sitting Bull) Was a Pure Lakota Traditionalist
(South Dakota) -- One cold winter day Tatanka Iyotanka (Sitting Bull), the great Lakota warrior, was sitting on a bench in front of his home with his two wives on the...
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GOOD FOX: On Foreign Policy‘s Column Regarding Violence Toward Women in the Middle East
(Washington D.C.) -- On April 23, Foreign Policy published “Why Do They Hate Us? The Real War on Women is in the Middle East.” In this essay, which is also...
4/28/2012
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COLUMN: Blowing deep breaths by the time I got there
(North Carolina) -- In spite of my well known aversion to flying I did it again. Fond du Lac Follies jetted to Fayetteville, North Carolina.
4/27/2012
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TEEHEE: A Solid Record of Achievements for Indian Country
(Washington D.C.) -- Some people may be surprised to learn that this blog is my last from the White House. Earlier this year, I decided to move on to new endeavors but I...
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SKYHAWK: What Are the Challenges of Walking in Two Worlds?
(California) -- It is the realization that, at one time, this was only one world, and that it belonged to our people. That having been said, today we find ourselves in a...
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Suzan Shown Harjo’s Statement for UN Special Rapporteur James Anaya
(New York) -- The following is a statement given by Suzan Shown Harjo, president of the Morning Star Institute, on the Significance of the United Nations Declaration on...
4/26/2012
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PETOSKY: Less Than Blood Quantum
(Michigan) -- We know the statement "blood quantum" was made and defined for us. There are many of us who are fortunate enough to have stayed connected or...
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HOPKINS: UFO Sightings in Indian Country
(North Dakota) -- Ancient Indigenous Peoples around the globe have reported unidentified lights in the sky, and even contact with star beings, for millennia.
4/25/2012
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Lakota Wisdom: Why Native American Truths Can Heal the World
(USA) -- The word wisdom is used frequently every day, whether it is spoken and heard or written and read. Yet it is debatable, in my opinion, if most of us know what it...
4/23/2012
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Column: ‘Why Do You Indians Always Live in the Past?’
(USA) -- So, I recently took down my Facebook page. About a third of my many friends were Indians from various reservations around me; most of these had never gotten...
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Tim Giago: Rocky history of Natives and the Mormon Church
(South Dakota) -- Larry Echo Hawk is leaving his position as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs after he was named to the Church of Jesus Christ...
4/21/2012
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JENNINGS: From Slavery to Raspberry-Flavored Indians: America’s Obsession With Stereotypes
(USA) -- Stereotypes help market American merchandise for more than a century, and the history of their use and abuse offers a strange and telling story of race...
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Cree: Powwows an important part of tribal culture
(North Dakota) -- Close to 40 years ago in an area north of my hometown Dunseith, North Dakota -- which is home to descendants of the great chiefs Little Shell and Red...
4/20/2012
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BLOG: A Last Real Indians Interview with Tatanka Means
(USA) -- Lastrealindians.com recently interviewed accomplished actor, standup comedian Tatanka Means (Oglala Lakota / Omaha / Dine`) via telephone to discuss his current...
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HARJO: White Privilege
(USA) -- White privilege in America first stood for wealth advantage, the provenance of white men, no matter how amassed, deserved, shared or inbred. Among its prominent...
4/19/2012
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BLOG: Decolonizing Indigenous Communities
(South Dakota) -- As a member of the Nez Perce Tribe, I read local news and publicity on a recent incident that is a prime example of how successful federal Indian...
4/16/2012
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BLOG: Indigenous Leadership in a Westernized World
(South Dakota) -- The leadership style of the Indigenous was based on character, merit, and faith. The 1800’s highlighted and demonstrated the foremost examples of...
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Tim Giago: Dulaney was named 'Waonspekiye' or teacher
(South Dakota) -- The first I ever heard of Professor William I. Dulaney was in 1983 when I received a letter, it was not known as snail-mail back then, saying that he...
4/15/2012
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WAGAMESE: Why First Nations cling to their reserves
(Alberta) -- Certain questions come back time after time in mainstream Canada's hunt for understanding of First Nations issues. One of the most important focuses on...
4/14/2012
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Around the Campfire: We All Have Heroes
(New Mexico) -- I have had more heroes in my life than most people, I think. They started appearing to me when I was still a boy, and are still coming forth now that I...
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Native American Journalists Association founder to speak in Bismarck
(North Dakota) -- The founder of founder of the Native American Journalists Association will speak in Bismarck next week. Oglala Lakota Tribe member Tim Giago will be...
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Northrup: Fond du lac folies
(Minnesota) -- In spite of my well known aversion to flying I did it again. Fond du Lac Follies jetted to Fayetteville, North Carolina. I passed through the security...
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Trimble: Getting older but not necesarily 'golden'
(Nebraska) -- My hunka bro Roger Welsch (aka Heyoka ta Pejuta), a well known humorist and writer with forty books in circulation, has a new book out with the title...
4/10/2012
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NORRELL: 'People of the Water' BC Chief Rueben George at Rights of Mother Earth Gathering
(Kansas) -- Rueben George, Sundance Chief and Member of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation in northern Vancouver, BC, spoke at the Rights of Mother Earth Gathering, April 4...
4/9/2012
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BAKER: Inter-Tribal Council shows unified front
(Oklahoma) -- Last month, Deputy Chief Joe Crittenden and I, along with a few members of the administration and Tribal Council, visited our nation’s Capital for...
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CHAMPAGNE: A New Attack on Repatriation
(California) -- Who owns the past? That’s the headline of an editorial in the April copy of Scientific American. The question is occasioned by regulations that the...
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GIAGO: A month of tears, tragedy and happiness in April
(South Dakota) -- In April of 1921 Vaudevillian entertainer Al Jolson stood on the stage in Jolson’s 59th Street Theatre in New York City in blackface in the...
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WALN: Sicangu Scribe Scribblings
(South Dakota) -- “A woman’s ability to decide how many children to have and when, without interference from the government, is one of the most fundamental...
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NORRELL: Supai Hopi Mona Polacca: Water, prayer and humility
(Kansas) -- Mona Polacca, Havasupai/Hopi, spoke at the Rights of Mother Earth Conference, about the foundation of life. From the first water inside the mother's womb...
4/8/2012
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SKYHAWK: Why Should We Keep Tribal Languages Alive?
(California) -- I can't stress enough the importance of retaining our tribal languages, when it comes to the core relevance or existence of our people. Our languages...
4/7/2012
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OP/ED: We put great stock in names
(Washington) -- Place names are human inventions for inanimate geographic features, rocks and rills and rivers and hills. They can be useful, and descriptive, but they...
4/6/2012
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MONTEAU: In the Midst of a Warm Spring, Remembering Winter on the Rez
(Montana) -- Growing up on the Rocky Boy Reservation in north-central Montana was, I think, a character builder. One does not enjoy a Great Plains winter as much as...
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TEEHEE: White House Rural Council Hosts Native American Food and Agriculture Roundtable Discussion
(Washington D.C.) -- Yesterday, the White House Rural Council hosted a Native American Food and Agriculture Roundtable Discussion, bringing together tribal leaders and...
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TRAHANT: Thoughts from an Italian villa
(Italy) -- Distance is always a great way to rethink problems. And, after a month at Bellagio, Italy, I can’t imagine a better place to sit back and ponder. Every...
4/5/2012
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Vi Waln: Lakota children make a sacrifice with hunger strike
(South Dakota) -- Our children look forward to a visit from the Easter Bunny. Many people have observed the Lenten season leading up to Easter Sunday by abstaining from...
4/2/2012
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Charles Trimble: Lessons from the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe
(South Dakota) -- A March 28th article from the Associated Press told of problems at the Mashantucket Pequot tribe’s Foxwoods Casino complex in Connecticut, the...
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GIAGO: When Leader Charge spoke, Kevin Costner listened
(South Dakota) -- We’ve all had to send a “belated” birthday card in our lives, but today I am writing a “belated” column. I say belated...
3/31/2012
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MONTEAU: Unity Should Benefit All
(New Mexico) -- Almost every column I have written for ICTMN has either explicitly or implicitly spoken for unity among American Indian Tribes and Native Alaskans (...
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REDBONE: What Earl Scruggs Means to Me
(USA) -- The passing of Earl Scruggs has given me much pause for sadness at his loss and also cause for an ever greater reflection on his incredible musical legacy, a...
3/30/2012
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COLUMN: Urban Siouxs Navajo Outfitters
(Arizona) -- I find it ironic the Navajo Nation is suing Urban Outfitters for copyright infringement on a pair of underwear.
3/29/2012
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OP/ED: Rights and Privileges of Indian Health Care
(Washington D.C.) -- State-recognized tribes are Native American Indian Tribes and Heritage Groups that are recognized by individual states for their various internal...
3/28/2012
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IRON EYES: Should Indian Guys Wear Long Hair?
(South Dakota) -- I recently read a story via the new moccasin telegraph (social media) that expounded upon the reasons why a young boy cut his long hair, this boy was...
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Doug George-Kanentiio: On Audrey Shenandoah's passing
(New York) -- When Onondaga Nation Clanmother Audrey Shenandoah-Gonwaiani passed into the spirit world on March 15 not only her family and community mourned but the...
3/27/2012
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CHAMPAGNE: In Praise of Vine Deloria
(California) -- In his groundbreaking 1969 volume Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto, Vine Deloria Jr. wrote a now famous critique of anthropologists. He...
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Debra White Plume: 'Wasichu' fat takers are the 1 percent
(Arizona) -- Speaking at the Native Nations Water Rights Symposium, Debra White Plume, Lakota, said the Wasichu, the white men fat takers, depend on a way of life of...
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Duran: A personal connection to Tigua membership bill
(Texas) -- "In 2007, I departed big firm life to start my own law firm, and the journey and my experiences with my tribal clients now run deeper and are much more...
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LaMERE: A Response to Gyasi Ross’s Column on Trayvon Martin
(New Mexico) -- It seems that we all can be lost on what a “call to action” really entails. As a society, we are pulled in various directions, the amount of...
3/26/2012
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GOOD FOX: Of Skittles, Hoodies, and Cell Phones
(USA) -- I am skeptical at times, but probably not as much as I ought to be. Skepticism is a necessary skill in navigating the United States maze, but it is my fate to...
3/25/2012
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NEWCOMB: On Indian Nationhood: Steven Newcomb Responds to Steve Russell’s March 20 Column
(California) -- After reading Steve Russell’s March 20the column “Citizenship and Nations,” I have to wonder why he would publicly challenge one of the...
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ROSS: The Murder of Trayvon Martin Is About You
(USA) -- This goes beyond skin color or politics. This is about the joys of life, and the notion that all of us should have unfettered access to those joys as long as we...
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RUSSELL: Traveling by Water
(Texas) -- “Coffee more…you want?” A young man, brown but of indeterminate nationality, is walking by with a carafe. My mind replies “Si, por...
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Tim Giago: Turtle Mountain Times marks its 20th anniversary
(South Dakota) -- The man on the phone said simply, “We want you to help our tribe start a weekly newspaper.” The man on the line was Richard J. “...
3/24/2012
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BLOG: No colonialism here
(Canada) -- Sometime ago, I read a newspaper column written by a then-expatriate Kenyan living in Johannesburg. Banyavanga Wainaina’s column made me put down my...
3/23/2012
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LAMAR: Indian Country Law Enforcement Still Falling Short in the 2013 Budget
(Washington D.C.) -- The budget battles of 2012 struck a blow to key provisions of the Tribal Law and Order Act and although the proposed budget contains increases for...
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NEWCOMB: The 1887 Dawes Act: The U.S. Theft of 90 Million Acres of Indian Land
(Washington D.C.) -- In his Executive Order declaring November 2011 “Native American Heritage Month,” U.S. President Barack Obama said that his...
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OP/ED: Blood quantum has little to do with tribal identity
(Montana) -- Remember when you were a little terror running around? You knew who you were and there was no such thing as an identity crisis. You were native because you...
3/22/2012
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OP/ED: NACA’s Response to Harold Monteau’s March 14 Column
(Wisconsin) -- Throughout the course of history, Indian country has been the victim of unwarranted and harmful attacks from the outside. That is why it is so troubling...
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OP/ED: Confronting cultural genocide, Maine leads the nation
(Maine) -- Recently, I asked a Wabanaki dad about his talented daughter’s education. He said, “Atuk might be admitted with a scholarship to a distant elite...
3/21/2012
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RAVE: Entrepreneurism a good business as Buffalo’s Fire launches the first Native mobile news app
(Montana) -- Have you ever thought about doing something that intrigued and scared you at the same time?
3/20/2012
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RUSSELL: Citizenship and Nations
(USA) -- Citizenship is a tricky word in Indian country. It’s “citizenship” rather than “membership” if an Indian nation is not a club and...
3/19/2012
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BLOG: Tribal Health and the Affordable Care Act
(Washington D.C.) -- Recently, I had the privilege to speak about how the Affordable Care Act is having a positive impact in Indian Country as I joined other...
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GIAGO: Newspaper business should take a look at past
(South Dakota) -- When radio appeared on the national scene in the early 1900s speculation began about its impact on the newspaper industry.
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LaCHAPPA: The Truth About Wind Power
(California) -- Wind power is making a difference. As a local source of clean energy, it reduces our dependence on foreign oil while also reducing greenhouse gas...
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RAVE: American Indian faculty an invisible, political voice at University of Montana
(Montana) -- If you’re looking for American Indian faculty at the University of Montana, look really hard. If you look to UM administrators for answers, you’...
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BLOG: Why Tonto Matters
(USA) -- It's been a week or so since the original photos of Johnny Depp as Tonto have surfaced, and the internet has been abuzz with Depp defenders and Depp...
3/17/2012
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HOPKINS: Adventures Living Off Rez
(South Dakota) -- I moved away from home two months ago for work. For the past six years, I’d been living on the Lake Traverse Reservation of the Sisseton Wahpeton...
3/14/2012
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CHAMPAGNE: Maintaining Culture Is Not an Act of Violence
(USA) -- One of the arguments against indigenous self-government is that it requires special rights and stokes the flames of cultural, political and identity difference...
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MONTEAU: Tribes should do more for Indian business
(USA) -- "The Reservation Economic Summit, RES 2012, conference and trade show I recently attended experienced record attendance according to NCAIED (National...
3/13/2012
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Doug George-Kanentiio: One man's impact on the Mohawks
(New York) -- When we examine Mohawk history as it involves Akwesasne we think about those individuals who had the most impact upon us. Names like the African-Algonquin...
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Mark Charles: US 'apology' to Indian people goes unnoticed
(Washington D.C.) -- You are invited. I have reserved the space in front of the US Capitol for December 19, 2012, and the entire country is invited. Every citizen, every...
3/12/2012
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GIAGO: Lakota views missing from Keystone XL debate
(South Dakota) -- What is it that the South Dakota Congressional Delegation cannot understand about the Trans
Canada XL Pipeline? The fact is that they and the national...
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TRIMBLE: Indigenous Thrivers - No victimhood here
(South Dakota) -- Over the past year and more I have been following a Facebook site that represents the complete opposite of victimhood. It’s called “...
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TURTLE TALK: Update on VAWA Reauthorization & Tribal Jurisdiction — Crunch Time
(Washington D.C.) -- Here is some of the latest information on Congress’ efforts to Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The VAWA Reauthorization, S...
3/9/2012
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BLOG: D.C. Viewed through the Lens of this Indigenous Woman
(Washington D.C.) -- A few days ago, I traveled to Washington D.C. for the first time in my life. While I was there on business, I admit I was also looking forward to...
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MASTEN: International Women’s Day: In Honor of Our Next Women Warriors
(Washington) -- Each year, International Women’s Day is celebrated around the world on March 8. Thousands of events take place worldwide to mark the economic,...
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ROSS: Models, (River) Monsters, and John F. Kennedy
(Washington) -- I’ve been very fortunate to cultivate a nice, sizable student/academic following to my writing. I was lucky enough to go through undergrad and on...
3/7/2012
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Sina Win: Lakota outraged by theft of sacred ceremonies
(South Dakota) -- The Red Road or “Chanku Luta,” as it is known by the Lakota, has been traveled by our ancestors long before us. Today, some may call it the...
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Trimble: American Indian Graduate Center memories
(South Dakota) -- In the fall of 1969 I received a call from Taos Pueblo merchant and civic leader John Rainer, asking if I would serve on the Board of Directors of a...
3/5/2012
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FRANK: Traditional foods are treaty foods
(Washington) -- These short, cold, rainy and sometimes snowy days of winter always make me think about our treaties. It was during this time of year more than 150 years...
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GIAGO: Religion caused near destruction of Lakota families
(South Dakota) -- I was struck by an article by David Rooks in the Rapid City Journal on March 2. David Rooks is a nice guy. He was also a former employee of mine when I...
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Terry Beckwith: Is Indian Country ready for termination?
(USA) -- I grew up during the Termination Era of the 1950s. The 1950s style termination was wide open. Congress told the tribes they were going to terminate the federal...
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VOWEL: OxyContin Abuse Is a Problem in Canada
(Canada) -- OxyContin is a powerful and potentially addictive painkiller. As has been noted in a number of other news reports, abuse of this drug is a Canada-wide...
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PEMBER: Weaker Mining Regs Face Tribal Opposition
(Wisconsin) -- Wisconsin's legislature is considering rules that would make new mining operations swfiter to begin and less subject to oversight. But the state's...
3/2/2012
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BARREIRO: See How She Works - Best Intentions
(USA) -- For the past seven years, my mother-in-law has been encouraging me to write about my first son's magnificent birth. I wanted to and truly intended to, but life...
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LONE HILL: Something Has To Change: The Oglala Lakota Lawsuit against Whiteclay
(Nebraska) -- The first I noticed of the lawsuit recently filed in federal court, by the Tribe I am proudly a member of, was through a link on Facebook that led to an...
2/29/2012
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TEEHEE: Eliminating Barriers to Economic Growth in Indian Country
(Washington D.C.) -- Last year, around this time, the President instructed agencies to work closely with State, local, and tribal governments to identify any Federal...
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GALANDA: If You Haven’t Drank The Tribal Economic Diversification Kool-Aid, You Better Quickly Take A Sip
(Washington) -- Indian gaming is the first tribal economy that has ever brought the type of non-Indian capital to Indian Country to make a meaningful difference in the...
2/27/2012
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Charles Trimble: Obama needs Indian votes to win election
(Nebraska) -- The price of gasoline at the pump is skyrocketing and is expected to flatten the upward trend on the stock market charts, thus maybe even stalling the...
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Tim Giago: Inspiring a new generation of Native Americans
(South Dakota) -- I received an email from a guy named Lee Carson who wrote, “I hope you die.” Kind of a harsh thing to say about anybody, but when it is...
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GALANDA: If You Haven’t Drank The Tribal Economic Diversification Kool-Aid, You Better Quickly Take A Sip
(Washington) -- Indian gaming is the first tribal economy that has ever brought the type of non-Indian capital to Indian Country to make a meaningful difference in the...
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Column: It’s All of Us: The Changing Face of Native Identity
(USA) -- I am a reservation girl at heart. I grew up quite rural, with five brothers in my family, and a mom and dad who both spoke Hidatsa as their first language.
2/26/2012
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Charmaine White Face: Rights of indigenous nations at risk
(South Dakota) -- Since 1984, the Sioux Nation Treaty Council has been sending delegates to the various committees of the United Nations seeking the upholding of lawful...
2/25/2012
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Walt Lamar: Solutions to Indian Country challenges lie in community partnerships
(USA) -- Recently, I was invited to provide testimony for the Department of Justice Defending Childhood Initiative regarding the challenges Native children face.
2/24/2012
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VOWEL: Hey, You in the Headdress! Do You Know What It Means?
(USA) -- tânisi! I see you are confused about what constitutes cultural appropriation. I would like to provide you with resources and information on the subject so that...
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Chickasaw Nation delegation visits FNX
(California) -- FNX was honored to host a delegation from the Chickasaw Nation at the Feb 10 Ceremonial Unity Launch in our KVCR/FNX studios. Phillip Perkins, Justin...
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FNX debuts "See How She Works" from Randi Rourke Barreiro
(California) -- FNX is proud to welcome guest blogger Randi Rourke Barreiro (Akwesasne Mohawk) to FNX Beat. Randi is an award-winning writer, editor, and entrepreneur...
2/21/2012
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Cherokee Phoenix celebrates 184 years
(Oklahoma) -- Cherokee Phoenix was the first Native American newspaper and the first bilingual publication in North America. Today it celebrates its 184th birthday.
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JODI RAVE: New online source for Native news unveiled
(Montana) -- Journalist Jodi Rave found a hole in the World Wide Web. "There are very few spaces or places on the Internet that you can get a good sense of what...
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Pioneer Profiles: Author David Treuer describes reservation life
(Minnesota) -- Just before appearing to an overflow audience at the Bemidji Public Library last Saturday, David Treuer agreed to sit and talk about himself and his...
2/20/2012
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GIAGO: South Dakota law aimed at Indian abuse victims
(South Dakota) -- Representative Steve Hickey (R-Sioux Falls) introduced a bill to repeal a bill that was passed last year that set a statute of limitation for child sex...
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JENNINGS: Happy Presidents’ Day
(USA) -- The strength and the endurance of racism and discrimination against American Indians are easily traced to earlier periods of our history that we are desperately...
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TRIMBLE: Joe Garry of the Coeur d’Alene: Hero of 20th Century Indian America
(South Dakota) -- The Northwest Tribes have produced some of history’s greatest leaders, most notably Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce. In modern times the most...
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Ojibwe Writer Seeks Out The Beauty Of 'Rez Life'
(Minnesota) -- Stories about life on Native American reservations often focus on the hardships — alcoholism, drugs, violence and poverty. In Rez Life: An Indian...
2/18/2012
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IRON EYES: Why the name Last Real Indians?
(South Dakota) -- This article is a response to the repeated question: why do you call yourselves “the lastrealindians?” Why? What is a real Indian? Am I a...
2/17/2012
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NORRELL: Hacked e-mails reveal Mexico manipulating climate change facts, destroying Indian sacred lands
(Mexico) -- The hacked e-mails of Mexico’s mining industry of Camimex exposed by Anonymous reveal that the government of Mexico is manipulating climate change...
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Guest Post | A Native American Student Responds to a Times Article About His Home
(New York) -- An article by Timothy Williams, “Brutal Crimes Grip an Indian Reservation,” which appeared on the front page of The New York Times on Feb. 3,...
2/16/2012
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George-Kanentiio: Why ceremonies are vital to Mohawks
(New York) -- One of the privileges of being from Akwesasne is the ability to attend, and witness, the conducting of the 13 communal ceremonies which mark the lunar year...
2/15/2012
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CHAMPAGNE: Ramping Up Economic Development Policy for Tribes
(Washington D.C.) -- Maybe you’ve heard: The Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs has a deputy for policy and economic...
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HARJO: USDA’s Culture War Against Sacred Places
(USA) -- Amid the top-volume crossfire these days about whose religion and whose health could be threatened by federal actions, it’s noteworthy that debaters and...
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HOPKINS: What It Means to be a Native Woman
(USA) -- Whenever I hear Native women discussed, mainly in non-Native circles, I’m always surprised at how many misconceptions there are out there about us....
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OP/ED: Vote to Protect American Indian Sovereignty and Rights
(Oklahoma) -- Why does anyone vote? To have a say in their government, to have representation in their government, to influence their government, to speak out for or...
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TOENSING: Part 3: The Dawes Act Started the U.S. Land-Grab of Indian Territory
(Washington D.C.) -- February 8 marked the 125th anniversary of the notorious Dawes Act. This is part three of a three-part series on this devastating bit of legislation...
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RAVE: Oil Royalties: Three Affiliated Tribes votes to create $25 million People’s Fund
(North Dakota) -- A new fund is expected to have enough money in it in a few years to pay substantial dividends to members of the Three Affiliated Tribes on the Fort...
2/13/2012
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TOENSING: Part 2: The Dawes Act Started the U.S. Land-Grab of Indian Territory
(USA) -- February 8 marked the 125th anniversary of the notorious Dawes Act. This is part one of a three-part series on this devastating bit of legislation. Check back...
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VIDEO: Dine' Louise Benally responds to Navajo Attorney General on Coal Fired Power Plants
(Arizona) -- Louise Benally, Dine' from Big Mountain, resisting relocation on Black Mesa, describes the destruction caused from Peabody Coal's coal mining on...
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WHITE HOUSE: Building a Fair and Stable Economy for Indian Country
(Washington D.C.) -- In his State of the Union address, President Obama laid out a blueprint for an economy that’s built to last – an economy built on...
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