Editorial: Congress must address land-into-trust ruling (January 11, 2010)

"A controversial Supreme Court ruling last year blocks many American Indian tribes recognized by the U.S. Interior Secretary after 1934 from making more land-to-trust applications....

Quileute Nation upset with MSN.Com 'Twilight' feature (January 11, 2010)

The Quileute Nation of Washington is expecting a public apology today from MSN.Com for an unauthorized video that was shot on the reservation as part...

IHS pushing for H1N1 flu vaccinations in Indian Country (January 11, 2010)

The Indian Health Service is unveiling a public service announcement campaign to encourage American Indians and Alaska Natives to get vaccinated against the H1N1 virus,...

10th Circuit hears arguments over status of Osage land (January 11, 2010)

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing arguments today in a case that will essentially determine whether the Osage Reservation still exists. Citing an...

Opinion: Tribal sovereignty and Cloverdale smoke shop (January 11, 2010)

"Complaints about the American Indian run tobacco shop in Cloverdale have added fuel to a national controversy over the operation of smoke shops by Indian...

Column: Rep. Honda drawn into tribal recognition mess (January 11, 2010)

"On Highway 101 south of Gilroy, not far from the Pajaro River, a gently curving overpass lifts traffic above the railroad tracks as an expanse...

Steven Newcomb: Uncomfortable truth about Indian law (January 11, 2010)

"For some 40 years now, Indian people have been attending law schools, getting their law degrees, passing bar exams, and entering the non-Indian legal profession....

Guardian: Obama faces big problems in Indian Country (January 11, 2010)

"Indian country begins where the serene prairie of Custer county gives way to the formidable rock spires marking out South Dakota's rugged Badlands. The road...

Editorial: Approve wind farm over sacred site concerns (January 11, 2010)

"Ken Salazar, the interior secretary, has decided that nine years of wrangling over a proposed wind farm off the Massachusetts coast must come to...

Opinion: Sale of Crow Creek Sioux land affects all tribes (January 11, 2010)

"On Dec. 4 an action was taken against Crow Creek tribal land near my district that shook the absolute foundations of Indian law all the...

Editorial: Richard Pombo a comeback voters don't need (January 11, 2010)

"Here's one thing we don't have against the idea of Richard W. Pombo returning to Congress: He'll be a carpetbagger in the Central Valley...

Tim Giago: Support for Oglala Sioux President Two Bulls (January 11, 2010)

There are those who choose to take jobs that almost immediately make them unpopular, at least unpopular to those factions that are always on the...

Charles Trimble: Frontier mentality continues with guns (January 11, 2010)

As a well-worn cliché has it, there is a frontier mentality in America that has not advanced much beyond its early years. This is much...