GOP claims Tribal Law and Order Act process showed 'disrespect' (July 28, 2010)

A Republican who voted against the Tribal Law and Order Act says Democrats insulted Indian Country by refusing to allow debate on the bill. Tribal...

Sen. Reid hopes to take action on trust fund settlement this week (July 28, 2010)

Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada), the Senate majority leader, is looking to add the Indian trust fund settlement to a small business bill, The Hill reports....

WashTimes: Navajo man a front for minority government contracts (July 28, 2010)

A member of the Navajo Nation was used as front for a company in order to obtain minority government contracts, The Washington Times reports. Ambrose...

County returns seized cigarettes and property to Cayuga Nation (July 28, 2010)

Seneca County in New York finally returned tobacco products and property to the Cayuga Nation, 18 months after conducting an illegal raid on tribal...

MPR: NMAI director consults tribes about new exhibit on treaties (July 28, 2010)

"It's Kevin Gover's job to tell the story of American Indians to the world. It's a daunting task and as director of the Smithsonian Institution's...

Column: First Nations man looks to bridge the off-reserve divide (July 28, 2010)

"Mark Podlasly complains of aboriginal stereotypes: poverty, crime, poor education, unemployment. All are present to varying extents in aboriginal Canada, but there are lots of...

President Obama to sign Tribal Law and Order Act at White House (July 28, 2010)

President Barack Obama will sign the Tribal Law and Order Act into law at a ceremony at the White House tomorrow. Congress passed the Tribal...

Navajo Nation man appears in court on murder, assault charges (July 28, 2010)

A man from the Navajo Nation faces murder and assault charges in connection with a shooting incident on the reservation. Clay Mann, 25, is charged...

Hopland Band of Pomo Indians updates county police agreement (July 28, 2010)

The Hopland Band of Pomo Indians has updated its law enforcement agreement with Mendocino County in California. The agreement allows tribal officers to "cite and...

Keweenaw Bay man upset after family's grave site desecrated (July 28, 2010)

A member of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community of Michigan is looking for answers after his family's grave site was desecrated. Glen Bressette Jr. went...

Ho-Chunk Nation to establish law enforcement agency this year (July 28, 2010)

The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin is starting its own law enforcement agency. The tribe hopes to hire a police chief sometime next month. The chief...

Judge promises ruling in Indian voting rights lawsuit in Wyoming (July 28, 2010)

A federal judge held another hearing in a voting rights lawsuit affecting members of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe and the Northern Arapaho Tribe in Wyoming....

Cheyenne-Arapaho man leads Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation (July 28, 2010)

Harvey Pratt, a member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, has been named interim director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Pratt, 69, is...

Politicians promise battle on Goshute Band nuclear waste facility (July 28, 2010)

All five members of Utah's Congressional delegation said they will do whatever it takes to stop the the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians from...

County won't intervene in Colorado River Indian Tribes lease flap (July 28, 2010)

Officials in Riverside County, California, won't interfere in a lease dispute between the Colorado River Indian Tribes and non-Indians. Assistant County Counsel Katherine Lind said...

Tex Hall runs for chairman of Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation (July 28, 2010)

Tex Hall, a former president of the National Congress of American Indians, is running for chairman of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation of North...

Charles Trimble: Working to eliminate the poverty-stricken Indian (July 28, 2010)

In the 1920s and 1930s, members of the Native American intellectual community would often use the term “Lo” to describe what would today be called...