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Tribal leaders, federal officials and advocates will testify about the effects of radiation in Indian Country at a field hearing in New Mexico.
Leaders of the Navajo Nation are eager to show how uranium mining continues to affect their people as they host a key member of Congress.
Tribal representatives told a Senate committee that the Federal Communications Commission is not doing enough to ease the regulatory burdens that keep Indian Country from getting wireless broadband access.
The dismal state of broadband in tribal communities will be the focus of a pair of events in Washington, D.C.
A bill to repeal a termination-era law that affects citizens of the Spirit Lake Nation is being advanced by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
The Indian Health Service cited 'staffing changes and limited resources' when shutting down a tribe's emergency room back in 2015. That wasn't the whole story.
Throughout history, Native Americans have been subjected to federal laws that are offensive, immoral and outright racist.
The Trump administration has yet to offer comments on bills to address the #MMIW crisis and tribal jurisdiction over non-Indians.
Legislation to support tribal water rights and repeal outdated federal Indian laws are moving forward on Capitol Hill.
The House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States is taking testimony on tribal land claims, tribal self-governance, Indian education and Indian policy.
Federal recognition for the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians has been included in a 'must pass' bill.
A bill to improve aging roads and bridges in Indian Country and another to correct a failing of the disastrous tribal termination era are advancing on Capitol Hill.
The Trump administration came under fire for showing up unprepared to a hearing of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs despite being notified a month ago.
Bills to address aging roads and bridges in Indian Country and to correct a failing of the tribal termination era are moving forward on Capitol Hill.
With the Violence Against Women Act mired in partisan politics, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is hoping to turn the focus back to the most vulnerable in Indian Country.
Legislation to protect ancestral and sacred tribal lands is gaining steam on Capitol Hill.
Land bills for tribes in California, Minnesota and Washington, plus a bill affecting a disputed treaty in Oregon, are on the Capitol Hill agenda.
The Trump administration's 'energy dominance' agenda is once again facing a reckoning in Indian Country.
A bill to protect Native women from violence and address the #MMIW crisis has stalled on Capitol Hill.
Federal agencies spent about $6 billion on energy for their facilities in 2017 yet tribes are being passed over for contracts.
Three-fourths of Bureau of Indian Affairs roads are unpaved, leaving schools on reservations to spend money on frequent maintenance for the buses that have to travel those roads.
It's the Department of Justice's turn to present its budget to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Bills affecting Indian education, treaty rights and water rights are moving forward on Capitol Hill.
The Yurok Tribe is asserting its sovereignty with the passage of a new hemp law.
Assistant Secretary Tara Sweeney was at the White House but won't say whether tribal legislation came up before President Trump tweeted about it.
A panel of federal officials and tribal leaders will talk about the budgets for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service.
Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney, and her new boss, Secretary David Bernhardt, are on Capitol Hill to talk about the Trump administration's budget.
A former Indian Health Service pediatrician who was convicted of sexual abuse and awaits trial on more charges continues to cause headaches for the beleaguered agency.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will take testimony on bills affecting Indian education, treaty rights and tribal homelands.
Lawmakers are getting back to work after an extended recess and their schedule is jam-packed with Indian Country happenings.
Nearly two decades after the first executive order on tribal consultation, the federal government is still struggling to meet their trust and treaty responsibilities.
The opioid crisis has hit Indian Country hard, with high rates of addiction, overdoses and deaths been seen across the nation.
Tribes, Democrats and watchdog groups are paying close attention to David Bernhardt, derided by some as a creature of Washington's swamp.
A hearing on community development in Indian Country turned into an apology tour for the Trump administration as a slate of officials were forced to explain why they turned in their testimony late.
The Trump administration has put a loan guarantee program at the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the chopping block.
Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney made her first appearance before Congress and had to apologize for being late with her testimony.
With backing from one of the first Native women in Congress, tribes are calling for a permanent ban on energy development on ancestral territory.
It's taken nearly nine months, but Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney is finally ready to testify before Congress.
To the list of issues affecting education, Gila River Indian Community Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis would add a new problem: deteriorating roads.
Safety of reservation roads and efforts to expand tribal self-governance were discussed by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
A tribal water settlement fund will run out of money in ten years unless Congress takes action.
Lawmakers are exercising oversight in a tricky area of federal policy where tribes have clashed with the Trump administration.
An Indian Health Service pediatrician abused young patients on two reservations for years without being held accountable.
One U.S. Senate candidate has brought on a tribal citizen to serve as campaign treasurer.
Tribal, federal and state officials are testifying about public safety and drug enforcement at a field hearing in North Dakota.
Democrats are sounding the alarm after Republicans confirmed a Trump nominee for a lifetime spot on a key federal appeals court despite Indian Country's objections.
A Trump nominee who has repeatedly advocated against tribal interests is up for a lifetime appointment to a key federal appeals court.
A panel of tribal leaders and one federal official will testify about the efforts of the Administration for Native Americans.
Rep. Tom Cole, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, is standing by President Trump's controversial border wall emergency.
We need an assessment of the direct-service facilities within the Indian Health Service as soon as possible.
With one figure forced out under a cloud, the official tapped to lead the Department of the Interior is promising a new era of relations with Indian Country.
A federal judge has dealt a setback to the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, whose homelands have long been the subject of controversy.
The law that established the Administration for Native Americans is marking its 45th anniversary.
Cindy McCain has made unsubstantiated claims about children being trafficked in Indian Country.
The Indian Child Welfare Act is under attack and tribes are pushing back after conservative and Christian groups joined the battle.
The criminal cases connected to the Dakota Access Pipeline have concluded in North Dakota, two years after the Trump administration gave the final approval for the controversial project.
After a somewhat disappointing start in the Trump era, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs continues to hit the ground running.