The White House sent invitations to tribal leaders of all 574 federally recognized tribes earlier this week to attend the fourth White House Tribal Nations Summit by the Biden-Harris administration that is set for Monday, December 9,...
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law released a 16-page study , enittled“Voting on Tribal Lands: Barriers to Native American Turnout,” on Monday. The study found found that between 2012 and 2022, voter participation in...
The Navajo Nation Department of Agriculture requests that all Navajo farmers and ranchers enrolled in the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) Program disregard any communications from CKP Insurance President Chuck Hemphill.
The United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs voted 7-4 to report President Biden’s nomination of Patrice H. Kunesh to serve as Chair of the National Indian Gaming Commission to the Senate.
WASHINGTON – Native American tribal leaders urged lawmakers to increase federal funding and implement national reporting systems to help solve the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) on Wednesday.
Native Vote 2024. Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress, was defeated in the November 5 election by Republican Nick Begich. The Associated Press called the race 15 days after ballots were cast.
Amnesty International is calling on President Biden to take decisive action to uphold human rights in the United States and globally before the conclusion of his term. In a letter sent today, the organization highlighted five critical...
The United States Senate passed a Senate resolution recognizing November 2024 as National Native American Heritage Month . The measure was led by Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Chairman Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i)...
Join ICTV and our LIVESTREAM studio in a REBROADCAST during a day of relaxation on the Chequamegn Bay water front of Ashland, Wisconsin on September 26th, 2020. Featured speakers include Winona LaDuke: "The Transition to a Green...
Rebroadcast of Enbridge Line #5 and Bad River Watershed Protection Informational gathering on Tuesday Oct. 1 at the Wisconsin Great Lakes Visitor Center starting at 5:30pm CST and ending at 7:30pm. Watch the rebroadcast of the Gichi-gami...
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By TODD RICHMOND - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Members of the Bad River Ojibwe in northern Wisconsin filed a federal lawsuit during July in hopes of forcing Enbridge Inc. to remove sections of a major pipeline that runs across their...
Interview by Paul DeMain - News From Indian Country - Punkin Shananaquet : Okay. Boozhoo, Waasnoday...[Northern Lights Woman is my Anishinaabe name. I am of the Lynx Clan and I am a Potawatomi/Ojibwe woman]. “I am very happy to be here...
By Keith Matheny, - Published by the Detroit Free Press - The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality agreed last year to participate in a web meeting with an applicant for a controversial, open-pit mine in the Upper Peninsula,...
By Arne Vainio, M.D. News From Indian Country I was shopping for tractor parts when a young Native American man came up to me. “Are you the doctor on Native Report?” He asked. “I am.” I replied. “I watch it all the time and I want you to...
By Sandra Hale Schulman - News From Indian Country - Cherokee North Carolina is a small but special place at the base of the magnificent Great Smoky Mountains National Park. With a population of just over 2000, the tribe has quietly...
The Oneida Indian Nation is donating the ICTMN organization’s assets to the leading national Native American advocacy organization. The post Oneida Nation to Donate Indian Country Today Media Network Assets to NCAI appeared first on...
The 2017 Nammys, hosted by Ernie Stevens, will feature Gary Farmer and the Troublemakers Oct. 14th The post Nammy 2017 Special Performances Include Gary Farmer and Joseph FireCrow Tribute appeared first on Indian Country Media Network .
Law students, professors and tribal members gathered recently at the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law in downtown Phoenix to watch the new documentary 'Tribal Justice.'
When radio first started to make an impact on its listeners around 1929 there was a great fear that it would be used in a lot of ways to circumvent free speech.
You might remember hearing of the film Fancy Dancer, a documentary film project by Isaac Trimble a few years back in which he documented the process of learning culture and wellness by fancy dancing. Well he's involved in a new..... The...
A powwow is a beautiful and inspiring event filled with color, movement and energy, so how can you best capture it on camera? If you plan on taking your camera to the powwow and snapping photos of the beauty of..... The post Pow Wow...
A story about the history of wampum. The post From Beads to Bounty: How Wampum Became America’s First Currency—And Lost Its Power appeared first on Indian Country Media Network .
A citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation is waiting to hear whether his murder case will be dismissed as industry interests in Oklahoma flock to court in a closely-related reservation boundary case.
The Oceti Sakowin will one day come together, and stand unified as a sovereign nation, eager to take their place in a modern world based upon the traditions of their ancestors, not a pity party of self-destruction addicted to the...
Are Native Americans living or simply surviving on reservations set up by Canadian and United States governments? The post Living or Surviving on Native American Reservations appeared first on Indian Country Media Network .
The Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians is seeing widespread support as it defends its casino in a closely-watched U.S. Supreme Court case.