The state of Idaho does not have the right to tax the sale of gas in Indian Country, a federal judge has ruled....

Native American elders lack adequate long-term health care options, a problem that has mushroomed as the Indian population grows older, according to a series of discussion reports....

The Seneca Nation of New York will build a community wellness center on its Allegany Reservation....

The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin is moving forward with plans for another casino....

"A good fabric store always has plenty of calico prints, eye-popping colors ranging from greens and purples to yellow and blues....

Four environmental groups on Monday sued to block an exploratory drilling project in the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument in Colorado....

A New York man forged his birth certificate and a state census document to try and prove he is Indian, Steve Israel of The Middletown Times Herald-Record reports in his column "Casino Confidential." Ron "Chief Golden Eagle" Roberts sent the documents to the Bureau of Indian Affairs....

The income gap between Native Americans and whites narrowed during the 1990s, according to Census Bureau figures....

Native American women in Connecticut are paid less than their male counterparts, according to Census Bureau figures....

North Dakota Native Americans have the lowest income in the state, according to Census Bureau figures....

John "Kevin" Schultz, an officer for Pojoaque Pueblo in New Mexico, died over the weekend while saving a 12-year-old boy who was drowning....

Oklahoma Senator Kelly Haney has raised more than $600,000 for his campaign for governor....

An anti-gambling group called Casinos No! is holding a meeting to discuss Indian gaming in the state of Maine....

The Black Mesa Trust is holding a forum next month to discuss water issues affecting the Hopi Tribe of Arizona....

"The Three Affiliated Tribes in New Town, N.D., are considering changing the spelling of Sakakawea to Sacagawea, according to The Associated Press. "The Indian woman," as explorer William Clark most often called her, was a guide for the (Meriwether) Lewis and Clark journey to the Pacific Northwest when she was about 16. In my view, the Sakakawea spelling shouldn't be changed in North Dakota. ....

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission rejected a request by the state of Utah to study whether terrorist attacks will affect a tribe's proposed nuclear waste dump....

A three-year-old boy from the Alaska village of Scammon Bay took a one-hour, 150-mile commuter flight on Saturday....

Tribal officials and ranchers in South Dakota met with Secretary of Interior Gale Norton recently to talk about the black-tailed prairie dog....

A federal court in Arizona is holding a trial for a Navajo woman accused of murdering three of her children....

A science project by four teenage girls has drawn national attention to the Crow Tribe of Montana....

The Lummi Nation of Washington is sending a 13-foot totem pole to the site of the September 11 terrorist attack on New York City....

The provincial Nova Scotia government is refunding a Mi'kmaq First Nation $16 million in gas taxes, with more to follow....

Idaho tribes are welcoming a federal judge's decision to strike down a tax on the sale of gasoline....

The Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine is trying to preserve petroglyphs from vandals and development....