Agua Caliente Band dedicates sculpture at heart of reservation (June 29, 2010)

The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians dedicated the first of four sculpture on its reservation in Palm Springs, California. The sculpture was placed...

State Department schedules consultation on indigenous rights (June 29, 2010)

The Department of State will hold another tribal consultation to discuss the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The session will take place at...

Separate stabbing incidents reported on Fort Peck Reservation (June 29, 2010)

Two people died in connection with two separate stabbing incidents on the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana. Charles Crazy Bull, 49, died on Saturday after...

Body of missing First Nations teen believed to have been found (June 29, 2010)

The family of a missing 14-year-old boy from the Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba believes his body has been found. Tyler Arkinson went missing...

Echo Hawk on a weeklong tour of Alaska to meet tribal leaders (June 29, 2010)

Assistant Secretary Larry Echo Hawk, the leader of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, began a weeklong tour of Alaska on Monday by hearing from...

Seneca Nation smoke shop gets restraining order for PACT Act (June 29, 2010)

A smoke shop on the Seneca Nation of New York won a temporary restraining order to prevent the federal government from enforcing the Prevent All...

Judge dismisses county's tobacco case against Cayuga Nation (June 29, 2010)

A judge in New York dismissed indictments against the Cayuga Nation and ordered Seneca County to return $375,000 worth of cigarette to the tribe. The...

FEMA finds at least $6M in damage on Rocky Boy's Reservation (June 29, 2010)

The Rocky Boy's Reservation in Montana suffered at least $6 million in damage from recent flooding, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said in a...

Supreme Court asked to hear Schaghticoke recognition lawsuit (June 29, 2010)

The Schaghticoke Tribal Nation of Connecticut is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its federal recognition lawsuit. The Bureau of Indian Affairs initially backed...

Lumbee group starts recall petition over lobbying contract flap (June 29, 2010)

Members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina have launched a petition drive to oust chairman Purnell Swett and other council members. The Lumbee Sovereignty...

Yakama Nation members stranded in Alabama in hopes of jobs (June 29, 2010)

About 20 members of the Yakama Nation of Washington are stranded in Alabama after being lured by the promise of high-paying Gulf Coast jobs. The...

Review: Washington politics and the 'Wounded Knee' massacre (June 29, 2010)

"Leaders on the Sioux reservations in South Dakota heard reports in early 1890 of an Indian prophet who foretold of the potential for renewal...

Column: Republicans slam Thurgood Marshall in Kagan hearing (June 29, 2010)

"Oppo researchers digging into Elena Kagan's past didn't get the goods on the Supreme Court nominee -- but they did get the Thurgood. As confirmation...

Navajo Nation president loses ruling in campaign for third term (June 29, 2010)

Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. can't seek a third term, the tribe's Office of Hearings and Appeals ruled. Tribal election law imposes a two-term...

Agenda for Senate Indian Affairs Committee business meeting (June 29, 2010)

Update: An agreement has been reached on the IHS subpoena so it has been taken off the agenda. The agreement will be discussed at the...

Editorial: Cobell settlement hits partisan roadblock in Senate (June 29, 2010)

"A $3.4 billion government settlement with hundreds of thousands of American Indians is tied up in a Senate filibuster over whether to extend unemployment benefits....