GAO to look at law enforcement issues in Indian Country (March 23, 2010)

The Government Accountability Office will study law enforcement in Indian Country. According to The Sioux Falls Argus Leader, the GAO will look at three main...

Police search continues for 14-year-old First Nations boy (March 23, 2010)

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police began a search for a 14-year-old boy who went missing on the Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba. Police say...

Survey work starts on major Navajo Nation water project (March 23, 2010)

Survey work began on the $870 million Navajo Gallup Water Supply Project in New Mexico. The pipeline is a component of the Navajo Nation water...

San Ildefonso Pueblo starts community farming program (March 23, 2010)

San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico hopes to keep its agricultural traditions alive with a new community farm. Tribal members, from toddlers to the...

Column: Red Lake educators stayed after school tragedy (March 23, 2010)

"Chris Dunshee came back after suffering a heart attack and lost three more of his "children" this year — one to complications of childbirth, another...

Indian school aids Navajo family that lost two daughters (March 23, 2010)

The Santa Fe Indian School community in New Mexico has been reaching out to a grieving Navajo Nation family. The Peshlakai family lost sisters Deshauna...

Witnesses: SCIA hearing on youth suicide, mental health (March 23, 2010)

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds a hearing on Thursday to discuss youth suicide and mental health resources in Indian Country. The hearing takes place...

Panel hears concerns over wind farm at Wampanoag site (March 23, 2010)

A panel of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation held its final hearing on the controversial Cape Wind energy project in Massachusetts. Leaders of the...

Grant to help tribes in Washington with Boys & Girls Clubs (March 23, 2010)

A $101,700 grant from the Washington Attorney General’s Office will help tribes work with the Washington Association of Boys and Girls Clubs The Tulalip Tribes...

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe pushed on 'Fighting Sioux' vote (March 23, 2010)

A petition asks the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to schedule a referendum on the controversial "Fighting Sioux" nickname and logo of the University of...

Cobell team heads to Idaho to talk trust fund settlement (March 23, 2010)

Update: Room change for the April 1 meeting with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. Elouise Cobell and the attorneys and experts in the Indian trust fund lawsuit...

Cobell asks for support to approve trust fund settlement (March 23, 2010)

Elouise Cobell, the lead plaintiff in the Indian trust fund lawsuit, met with members of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of Montana on Monday....

Leech Lake Band accepts clients at first homeless shelter (March 23, 2010)

The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe of Minnesota opened the doors to the first homeless shelter on the reservation. The Leech Lake Homeless Shelter has...

Oglala Sioux Tribe plans to build a Nebraska nursing home (March 23, 2010)

The Oglala Sioux Tribe announced plans to build a nursing home in Nebraska. President Theresa Two Bulls said work could start this spring once a...

Rod Van Mechelen: Check Indian ancestry on the Census (March 23, 2010)

Ed. Note: Rod Van Mechelen is a member of the Cowlitz Tribe of Washington. "If every American who is "part-Indian" checked "American Indian or Alaska...

Judge holds hearing over rejected Goshute nuclear dump (March 23, 2010)

A federal judge heard arguments in a lawsuit filed by the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah against the Interior Department. The tribe...

House panel taking testimony from tribes on 2011 budget (March 23, 2010)

The House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Interior and Environment, is taking testimony from tribal leaders, Alaska Native executives and Indian organizations today. The subcommittee has...

Mille Lacs Band expects to fire police officer after charges (March 23, 2010)

The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe of Minnesota expects to fire a police officer who faces criminal charges in state court. Steven Hoberg, 49, is...

Cherokee Nation shares $2.8M with public school districts (March 23, 2010)

The Cherokee Nation shared $2.8 million in car tag revenues with public school districts in Oklahoma. The tribe, the largest in the state, started...