Hoopa Valley Tribe loses trust fund distribution lawsuit (March 10, 2010)

The Hoopa Valley Tribe lacks standing to challenge the distribution of a trust fund to the Yurok Tribe, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals ruled...

Audio: House Resources hearing on Cobell settlement (March 10, 2010)

The House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing this morning to examine the $3.4 billion Cobell trust fund settlement. The hearing lasted about 2 hours...

Police: Stabbing stemmed from Indian rights argument (March 10, 2010)

Police in Santa Fe, New Mexico, say someone was brutally stabbed over an argument about Indian land rights and tourists. Authorities said Tim Herrera, who...

More charges considered over deaths of Navajo sisters (March 10, 2010)

Authorities in Santa Fe, New Mexico, are considering more charges in connection with the deaths of two sisters from the Navajo Nation. Deshauna Peshlakai ,...

Column: Indian lawmaker spends funds on entertaining (March 10, 2010)

"State Rep. Sandra Jeff is a first-term lawmaker from Crownpoint on the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico. Her district is about 130 miles...

CBC News: Canada to expand definition of Indian status (March 10, 2010)

The Canadian government will allow more people to be registered as Status Indians, CBC News reports. The government lost a case in which Native women...

First class set to graduate from Indian welding program (March 10, 2010)

The first class of 10 students is set to graduate from an Indian welding school on the Lummi Nation of Washington. Art George, a...

Editorial: Little Traverse meetings should be open to all (March 10, 2010)

"The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indian’s government needs to learn the definition of an open government. Recently, the tribe’s elections board released an...

Another New Mexico Pueblo returns to traditional name (March 10, 2010)

Santo Domingo Pueblo in New Mexico is now officially using its traditional name. The tribe changed its seal to read Kewa Pueblo. "Historically, that's...

University of Montana nears completion of Indian center (March 10, 2010)

The University of Montana is set to dedicate the Payne Family Native American Center on May 13. The building was designed around a 12-sided...

Suquamish Tribe got good price on golf course, property (March 10, 2010)

The Suquamish Tribe of Washington paid $4.65 million for a golf course and land, far below the assessed value, The Kitsap Sun reports. The...

Little Traverse Bay Bands chairman objects to recall bid (March 10, 2010)

At a tribal council meeting, the leader of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians of Michigan confronted critics who have called for...

EchoHawk: Generational trauma haunts Indian Country (March 10, 2010)

High rates of child abuse, crime and other violence on reservations stem from the federal government's historical mistreatment of American Indians, Assistant Secretary Larry...

Baby killed in dog attack on Iowa land was 8 months old (March 10, 2010)

Authorities identified the infant who was killed after being attacked by a dog on Iowa Tribe land in Oklahoma as Justin Lopez. Lopez was 8...

Lobbying firm presses government on tribal trust funds (March 10, 2010)

Sixteen tribes with trust fund management lawsuits have hired Quinn Gillespie & Associates to lobby the Obama administration to settle their cases, Roll Call reports....

Congress slow to move on Cobell trust fund settlement (March 10, 2010)

It's been three months since the plaintiffs in the Cobell trust fund settlement and the Obama administration announced a $3.4 billion settlement to the case....