Michael Thomas, the former chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut, and his brother have been indicted on theft charges. Thomas is accused of stealing more than $100,000 from the tribe when he served as chairman. His brother,...

Washington County in Maine claims it has the authority to tax property owned by the Passamaquoddy Tribe and its members. The county claims the authority under the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980. The law subjects the reservation to...

"What is the role of an artist? What is the role of an Indian artist? And by Indian I mean Native American, Indigenous, etc. -- choose your terms, by your decade. Let’s not obfuscate the meaning or the question. What...

Update: The Supreme Court issued an order this afternoon, granting the petition in the case. This will be the first major ICWA case decided by the court since Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield in 1989. The U.S. Supreme...

"As we approach the 200th year since the great Shawnee leader Tecumseh was killed in battle, by American forces on the River Thames in North America, on October 5, 1813, a tremendous wave of activism by the Original Nations and...

"It was during a September hearing of the House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs that Rep. Don Young, D-Alaska, grew a bit impatient with witness Christy Jacobs, director of the Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Indian Tribal Governments,...

Republican Markwayne Mullin, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, was sworn in to the 113th Congress on Thursday. Mullin represents Oklahoma's 2nd Congressional district, which has the largest percentage of Native Americans of any district in the country. Cherokee Nation...

"2012 was a rough year for the Republican Party’s relationship with women. From Missouri Senate nominee Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” comments to the party’s efforts to cut funding for preventative care (particularly important for women seeking cancer screenings and the...