Indian Veterans Housing Opportunity Act heads to White House (September 28, 2010)

A bill to help Indian veterans with housing is on its way to President Barack Obama for his signature. The Indian Veterans Housing Opportunity Act...

Manitoba Metis family suffers another tragedy with man's death (September 28, 2010)

A 47-year-old Metis man died on Monday from injuries he suffered after being set on fire in an alley in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Gerald Dumas suffered...

Accident claims lives of three youth from Saskatchewan reserve (September 28, 2010)

Three young people died in a single-vehicle accident on the Muskowekwan First Nation in Saskatchewan on Sunday. Four people were in the car when it...

Campo youth stopped and searched by county sheriff's deputies (September 28, 2010)

Two young members of the Campo Kumeyaay Nation were stopped and searched by sheriff's deputies in San Diego County, California, in what parents are calling...

No new Indian law cases in Supreme Court's latest docket sheet (September 28, 2010)

The U.S. Supreme Court did not include any Indian law cases in its latest docket sheet. A slew of petitions were up for consideration. They...

DOI won't appeal decision over Skull Valley Goshute waste dump (September 28, 2010)

The Obama administration won't appeal a decision over a nuclear waste facility on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation in Utah. On July 26, Judge David...

Dean Chavers: Indian Country not receiving a fair share of funds (September 28, 2010)

"Indian Country does not get its fair share of private funding. That is a theme that has been playing in my head for almost 40...

NPR: Program in Oregon encourages Indians to join teaching field (September 28, 2010)

"MICHEL MARTIN, host: I'm Michel Martin and this TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Coming up, I'll share my thoughts about what we too often...

Audio from Senate Indian Affairs Committee investigation of IHS (September 28, 2010)

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a hearing this morning as part of its investigation into the Indian Health Service Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota),...

Yavapai-Apache Nation reports record turnout in council election (September 28, 2010)

The Yavapai-Apache Nation of Arizona held a general election on Saturday. Tribal members elected David Kwail as chairman in what was reported to be a...

Caleen Sisk-Franco: Don't tamper with Creator's plan for salmon (September 28, 2010)

"My tribe, the Winnemem Wintu, is a traditional salmon people that come from Mount Shasta in California, and we learned long ago from coyote it’s...

Suzanne Jasper: U.S. voted against indigenous rights resolution (September 28, 2010)

"Recently the government of the United States fulfilled a duty as a member of the United Nations to issue a report of the human rights...

Harold Monteau: 'Wealthy' tribes need to help the less fortunate (September 28, 2010)

"I believe that Indian Country is developing an attitude of “I have mine, the rest of you are on your own”. I’m not saying it...

Sen. Murkowski wrong on claim about Aleut word for 'impossible' (September 28, 2010)

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) has a lot of Alaska Native support but her command of the Aleut language isn't necessarily one of her selling...

Government's handling of Gulf oil spill compared to Little Bighorn (September 28, 2010)

The Obama administration's handling of the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico is being compared to George Armstrong Custer and Little Big Horn....

Cobell probably not included in stopgap appropriations measure (September 28, 2010)

The $3.4 billion settlement to the Indian trust fund lawsuit probably won't be included in the stopgap appropriations measure that is due to pass Congress...

ACLU: Cheyenne River Sioux women treated just like guinea pigs (September 28, 2010)

""They treat us just like guinea pigs when it comes to Indian Health Services." That's how one woman on the Cheyenne River Sioux reservation described...

IHS to face scrutiny at Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing (September 28, 2010)

The Indian Health Service will be asked to respond to the preliminary results of an ongoing investigation at a Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing this...

Mashpee Wampanoag linguist receives MacArthur 'genius grant' (September 28, 2010)

Jessie Little Doe Baird, a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts, has received a prestigious "genius grant" from the John D. and Catherine...