More than 70 tribes have completed trust fund settlements (June 3, 2014)

Including the Navajo Nation, 73 tribes have reached settlements with the Obama administration.

IRS finalizes guidance on general welfare exclusion for tribes (June 3, 2014)

Policy seeks to provide clarify for tribes that provide benefits to their members.

Ruth Garby Torres: Truths about tribes and federal recognition (June 3, 2014)

Ruth Garby Torres, a member of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation, addresses criticism over the federal recognition system.

Seminole Tribe won't be purchasing struggling bank in Florida (June 3, 2014)

But tribe still plans on entering the banking business, with an eye towards Indian housing loans.

Soo Tribe apologizes to Saginaw Chippewa Tribe for racist call (June 3, 2014)

Call was made by a telecommunications executive who is a meme of the Sault Tribe.

Oglala Sioux Tribe requests trust status for former sanitarium (June 3, 2014)

Tribe wants to protect three parcels, including an unmarked cemetery.

Quinault Nation weighs move of village amid repairs to seawall (June 3, 2014)

Tribe faces threat of tsunami and rising tides.

History: Indian Citizenship Act becomes law on June 2 in 1924 (June 3, 2014)

Despite the law, Indian people were often denied the rights afforded to other U.S. citizens.

Opinion: Democrats waste time battling team's racist mascot (June 3, 2014)

Writer doesn't think Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada) should be fighting the Washington NFL team's racist mascot.

BIA to place 13K acres in trust for Oneida Nation in New York (June 3, 2014)

Land-into-trust application was filed in 2005.

Doug George-Kanentiio: Bad land claim settlement for Mohawk (June 3, 2014)

That the Tribal Council would assume it has the authority, never given, to represent all Mohawks on this most vital and delicate of issues is nothing short of pure arrogance without basis in history or fact.

Judge sets aside jury conviction for assault on Red Lake infant (June 3, 2014)

James White Jr. was facing at least 10 years in federal prison for allegedly assaulting his son.

NPR: Traditional plants provide excellent sources for nutrients (June 3, 2014)

Study looked at traditional plants on three reservations in North Dakota.

Tribe in Washington said to be victim of major hacking scheme (June 3, 2014)

Federal authorities said over a million computers worldwide were infected.

Cobell settlement checks expected within next three months (June 3, 2014)

Indian beneficiaries have been waiting more than a year for the final payment.

Keith Harper clears first Senate vote for ambassador-rank job (June 3, 2014)

Cherokee Nation citizen is nominated to serve as the US Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Osage Nation elects Geoffrey Standing Bear as principal chief (June 3, 2014)

Raymond Red Corn won election as assistant chief.

Opinion: Strategic data helps tribes exercise their sovereignty (June 3, 2014)

Jennifer Lee Schultz and Stephanie Carroll Rainie of the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy argue for stronger data collection in Indian Country.