Yvette Roubideaux: The real meessage about H1N1 flu (January 8, 2010)

"This week, my colleagues in the Department of Health and Human Services and I will be reaching out to Americans across the country to amplify...

Judge to proceed with trial over Crow Creek auction (January 8, 2010)

A federal judge will go ahead with a trial over an Internal Revenue Service auction of 7,100 acres owned by the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe...

Redding Rancheria purchase ranch property for $4M (January 8, 2010)

The Redding Rancheria of California purchased a 64-acre ranch for $4 million. The Lowry Ranch sits adjacent to the reservation. The tribe hasn't decided what...

Tom Goldtooth: Native people seek action on climate (January 8, 2010)

"The Indigenous Environmental Network took a delegation of 12 Native people from the United States and Canada to the 15th Conference of the Parties of...

Former Fort Peck investigator sentenced for murder (January 8, 2010)

Robert War Club, a former criminal investigator for the Fort Peck Tribes of Montana, was sentenced to life in prison on a first-degree murder charge....

Elise Patkotak: Booze wars in Alaska Native villages (January 8, 2010)

"As a veteran of the Barrow Booze Wars, my heart goes out to the good people of the Bethel region as they wrestle with a...

Boy's death in fire on reserve treated as a homicide (January 8, 2010)

An 11-year-old boy who was in foster care died in a house fire on the Shamattawa First Nation in Manitoba last weekend. The boy's...

Donald Pelotte, first Indian bishop, dies after illness (January 8, 2010)

Donald Pelotte, an Abenaki man from Maine who was the first Native American Roman Catholic bishop, died in Florida on Thursday after being hospitalized for...

Salazar to meet with tribes over wind energy project (January 8, 2010)

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will meet with the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe and the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe next Wednesday as part of an effort to...

Tribes oppose transfer of bison to Ted Turner's ranch (January 8, 2010)

The InterTribal Bison Cooperative opposes a plan to transfer up to 74 bison from Yellowstone National Park to a ranch owned by media mogul...

Obama to re-nominate Cherokee woman for DOJ post (January 8, 2010)

President Barack Obama will re-nominate Mary L. Smith, a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, to a top Department of Justice post, according...

Report points to high rate of abuse at juvenile centers (January 8, 2010)

In the first study of its kind, the Department of Justice said 12 percent of incarcerated juveniles have been raped or sexually abused at juvenile...

Former Congressman Pombo makes return to politics (January 8, 2010)

Former Rep. Richard Pombo (R-California), who made Indian issues a priority in his final years in Congress, is planning a return to Capitol Hill....

Delvin Cree: Indian Country affected by Dorgan's exit (January 8, 2010)

"What a surprising blow to Indian Country. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., announced he will not seek another term as senator. As chairman of the Senate...