Indian Country Today
| Type | Website and online newsletter |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Oneida Nation of New York |
| Founder(s) | Tim Giago |
| Publisher | Ray Halbritter |
| Editor | Ray Cook |
| Associate editor | Kristin Butler |
| Opinion editor | Ray Cook |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | 2013 (print) |
| Headquarters | New York City |
| City | New York City |
| Country | USA |
| Website | www |
| Free online archives | Yes |
Indian Country Today Media Network (ICTMN) is a website and weekly online newsletter that is a national news source for and about Native people in North America. In January 2011, the ICT Media Network revealed their new online multimedia news platform. The daily, hourly, or "as news breaks" internationally recognized news service is owned by the Oneida Nation of New York. In July 2014, ICTMN announced that it had registered 1,009,761 unique monthly visitors for the month of June 2014, according to Google Analytics. ICTMN has created its own popular social networking page on Facebook, which has exceeded 300,000 "likes".
In October 2016, ICTMN published its first-ever, event-driven issue devoted to a single topic: the national protests and issues related to opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline project. Opposition has been led by the Standing Rock Sioux, who opposed the pipeline being built under the Missouri River and threatening their water supply.
ICTMN carries original news reporting on issues of interest to Native Americans and other readers interested in Indian Country.
Founded in 1981 as a newsprint weekly, Indian Country Today, by journalist Tim Giago (Oglala Lakota), the paper described itself as "The Nations' Leading American Indian News Source." Giago based the newspaper on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation but it operated independently of tribal government.
In 1998, Giago sold the paper to Four Directions Media, Inc., owned and operated by the Oneida Nation of New York. The newspaper's headquarters moved to Canastota, New York; in 2011, its operations moved to New York City. The regional newspaper Indian Country Today became Indian Country Today Media Network. In 2013, the paper went online-only.
Indian Country Today Media Network has a smaller—yet significant—Canadian and worldwide readership, which is increasing. Regional journalists are recruited to cover Canadian First Nations, Latin American indigenous peoples, Pacific Islanders, Australian Aboriginals, and indigenous peoples throughout the world.
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