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Blackfeet Nation shuts juvenile detention center (04/25)
The Blackfeet Nation of Montana has closed a juvenile detention center because it can't afford the cost. The annual budget for the White Buffalo Home was $1 million. The tribe received a $250,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Corrections...
Larry Baca awarded top Justice Department honor (04/24)
Larry Baca, a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, received the U.S> Attorney General's Medallion at a ceremony on Wednesday. Baca, a graduate of Harvard Law School, was the first American Indian hired through the Attorney General's Honor Law...
Spirit Lake man sentenced for attempted rape (04/24)
A man from the Spirit Lake Reservation of North Dakota was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for the attempted rape of a 10-year-old girl. Joseph DeMarce, 25, was convicted in December of attempted sexual abuse. He attempted to...
County posts documents on Cahuilla water rights (04/24)
Riverside County, California, hopes to keep residents informed about two Cahuilla water rights claims. The county and 2,300 property owners are named as defendants in a complaint dating from 1951. The United States is asserting rights on behalf of the...
Fond du Lac Band offers reward for threat against chair (04/24)
The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians is offering a $5,000 reward for information about a threat made against Chairwoman Karen Diver. Diver found a dead deer on her front lawn on Sunday. A "threatening" letter was...
Rosebud police certification at issue in federal court (04/24)
The certification status of police officers for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota should not affect evidence gathered in criminal cases, a federal magistrate has recommended. Robert L. Erickson, 28, filed a motion to suppress evidence gathered by tribal...
Yankton Sioux parents file suit over hog farm (04/24)
Parents of the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota filed a lawsuit in federal courts on Wednesday aimed at stopping a hog farm in Charles Mix County. The Head Start Concerned Parents want Long View Farms to comply with environmental...
Arrests made at Yankton Sioux hog farm protest (04/23)
South Dakota state police arrested 17 members of the Yankton Sioux Tribe who are protesting a hog farm in Charles Mix County. The 17 were charged with disorderly conduct for blocking a Bureau of Indian Affairs road that leads...
Blackfeet Nation plans housing case rehearing (04/23)
The Blackfeet Nation of Montana is likely to ask the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear a tribal housing case. In a March 19 decision, the tribe was found liable for faulty homes. The court said the tribe waived...
Judge: Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes open to thievery (04/23)
A federal judge lashed out at the sentencing of a former employee of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma who embezzled about $17,000 in tribal funds. Judge Stephen Friot said Louella Oldbear, 58, stole money from tribal members who...
Men plead guilty to selling memberships (04/23)
Two California men have pleaded guilty to selling memberships in a non-recognized tribe that has been linked to a number of scams. Victor Granados and Kim Thomas Johnson sold membership in the Pembina Nation Little Shell Band of North America...
Texas tribe presses Supreme Court on IGRA issue (04/22)
As tribes prepare to mark the anniversary of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to consider one of the law's most contested provisions. Congress passed IGRA in 1988, a year after the high court...
Man admits to selling meth from tribal housing (04/22)
A Montana man pleaded guilty on Monday to possession with intent to distribute more than five grams of methamphetamine in public housing. Howard Wayne Hamilton, 56, sold meth from housing owned by the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. The Northern Cheyenne Housing...
Makah judge won't dismiss illegal whaling case (04/21)
A judge for the Makah Nation of Washington has refused to dismiss charges against three men who hunted a gray whale without tribal or federal approval. Frankie Gonzales, Theron Parker and William Secor Sr. pleaded guilty in federal court to...
Pueblo potter wins $1.2M award against gallery (04/18)
The New Mexico Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a $1.2 million judgment against an art gallery that mishandled the collection of Nancy Youngblood, a Santa Clara Pueblo potter. Youngblood allowed Sakia Gallery of New York City to display...
Guilty pleas in San Manuel murder-for-hire case (04/18)
Two members of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians of California pleaded guilty for their role in a murder-for-hire case involving the Mexican Mafia. Stacy Cheyenne Barajas-Nunez, 25, and her brother Erik Barajas, 35, pleaded guilty to attempted murder...
Critic of Lumbee housing charged with arson (04/18)
A member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina who has criticized the tribe's housing program is due in court today to face arson charges. Randy Lewis is accused of setting a fire that destroyed a mobile home. He was...
Navajo man wins appeal on sentence from Supreme Court (04/17)
A Navajo man whose prison sentence was more than tripled due to his criminal record won his appeal from the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday. Larry Begay of New Mexico pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of a firearm....
Oneida land-into-trust case drawing attention (04/17)
Tribes across the country are paying attention to a land-into-trust case involving the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. The National Congress of American Indians, the Native American Rights Fund and the Great Lakes Intertribal Council submitted a brief in the case....
Supreme Court upholds use of lethal injection (04/17)
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the use of the most common method of lethal injection. In a 7-2 decision, the justices said the drug combination used in more than 30 states is not cruel and unusual to prisoners....
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