Tribal leaders focus on energy development hurdles
7 days ago
Federal and tribal politics and bureaucracy remain some of the reasons energy development has been so difficult in Indian Country, American Indian leaders said Tuesday.
Martin Sheen stars in NM play with Navajo students
14 days ago
Actor Martin Sheen has lent his performing skills for a play written and produced by American Indian students in New Mexico.
Martin Sheen to play part in NM drama youth camp
16 days ago
Every year, the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health puts on a summer camp, Native Vision summer camp, on tribal lands.
DOJ report shows spike in reservation crime cases
20 days ago
Arizona, home to the nation's largest American Indian reservation, had the highest number with more than 2,000, followed by South Dakota with nearly 1,000 and Montana with more than 500.
Fed official to attend SD summit on tribal welfare
36 days ago
President Barack Obama's top official on tribal issues was expected to attend a summit this week in South Dakota aimed at sorting out allegations that the state regularly violates federal law by...
Prosecutor: Gang operated as criminal enterprise
98 days ago
It is made up of mostly American Indian men and boys, and started in Minneapolis in the 1990s as members fought for turf to deal drugs.
Bill gives tribes new authority over non-Indians
104 days ago
American Indian tribes have tried everything from banishment to charging criminal acts as civil offenses to deal with non-Indians who commit crimes on reservations.
Reflection as Wounded Knee anniversary approaches
112 days ago
American Indian activists took over the tiny village of Wounded Knee on South Dakota's sprawling Pine Ridge Indian Reservation on Feb. 27, 1973, in what would become a 71-day, fatal standoff with...
Women's security raised by American Indian leader
125 days ago
The bill, which the Senate approved on a 78-22 vote, would allow American Indian courts to prosecute and sentence suspects in domestic violence cases who are not American Indians.
American Indian gang trio face racketeering trial
148 days ago
Christopher Grant, a national Native American gang specialist in South Dakota, said there are hundreds of American Indian gangs nationwide.