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''News From Indian Country'' is a nationwide, privately owned newspaper, published twice a month, founded by Paul DeMain in 1986, who is the managing editor and an owner. It is the oldest continuing, nationally distributed publication that is not owned by a tribal government. It offers national, cultural and regional sections, and "the most up-to-date pow-wow directory in the United States and Canada," according to its website. The newspaper is offered both in print and electronic form and has subscribers throughout the United States, Canada and 17 foreign countries. Due to the independence and persistence of DeMain and the paper in covering controversial topics in Indian Country since 2002, including investigations of the murders of Anna Mae Aquash and others at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation from 1973-1975, he and the paper have been honored with major awards from the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) and the Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism from the University of Oregon. ==Background== Paul DeMain (Ojibwe/Oneida) founded the newspaper in 1986 after returning to the ''Lac Courte Oreilles Indian Reservation'' (LCO) from Madison, Wisconsin. He had worked as Indian Affairs Advisor for Wisconsin governor Tony Earl, who used him as a liaison in his outreach with Native Americans. DeMain had previously worked for the ''Lac Courte Oreille'' tribe as its public information officer from 1978 to 1982; he published the tribe's newspaper, then the ''LCO Journal.'' He is Managing Editor and Chief Executive Officer of ''Indian Country'' Communications. The newspaper has been published since 1987 by Indian Country Communications, Inc, (ICC) a state-of-Wisconsin registered stock corporation. As of 2007, seven Native Americans are registered as stock holders of the privately owned company. The offices of ICC are located on Highway K, near the tribe's business district, on the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Reservation near Hayward, Wisconsin. Nationwide attention to jurisdictional conflicts over tribal treaty rights in Wisconsin and Minnesota helped the new publication spread its reach, while a rapidly spreading Indian gaming industry provided a source of advertising revenue in its earlier years. Owners have capitalized on emerging desk-top publishing and information management technology to keep up with an expanding market. For 20 years Pat Calliotte, one of the founding members, was the Associate Editor, up until her death on November 17, 2006. Kimberlie R. Acosta (aka Kimberlie R. Hall) has worked with the paper since 1991; she is the advertising director, and is best known for her photography of Native musicians throughout Indian Country over the past decade. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「News From Indian Country」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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