President Obama remarks at Interior anniversary (March 3, 2009)

President Barack Obama at the Interior Department in Washington, D.C. March 3, 2009. Photo © NSM. President Barack Obama delivered the following remarks on...

Secretary Salazar remarks at Interior anniversary (March 3, 2009)

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar at the Interior Department in Washington, D.C. March 3, 2009. Photo © NSM. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar delivered the following...

Blackfeet teen meets Broncos hero John Elway (March 3, 2009)

Jake Burns, a 13-year-old member of the Blackfeet Nation of Montana, lost his father before they had a chance to go to a Denver...

Residential school survivor donates $40K to mission (March 3, 2009)

An elderly Native man has donated $40,000 from his share of the residential school settlement to a shelter in Winnipeg, Manitoba. William Woodford, who is...

Supreme Court decision a big topic at NCAI meeting (March 3, 2009)

Update: In a late addition to the schedule, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will speak at NCAI tomorrow morning, around 8:40am. He is also still on...

Lawsuit claims failure to investigate Crow deaths (March 3, 2009)

Federal authorities failed to investigate the deaths of two members of the Crow Tribe of Montana, according to a new lawsuit. Steven Bearcrane-Cole, 23, died...

Trial for Aquash murder suspects delayed again (March 3, 2009)

Two men accused of murdering American Indian Movement activist Anna Mae Pictou Aquash are set to go to trial on May 12. John Graham, from...

Column: Navajo man reflects on life, education (March 3, 2009)

"Carl Tsosie was born on the Navajo reservation in Salina Springs, Ariz., in either 1917 or 1919 — no one knows for sure, as...

Review: 'Tales of an Urban Indian' in New York (March 3, 2009)

"Early on in “Tales of an Urban Indian,” a perfectly affable one-man show presented last year as part of the Public Theater’s first Native...

Former Police Officer: 'We killed' Pueblo man (March 3, 2009)

A former New Mexico state police officer used a curse word to describe William Tenorio, a San Felipe Pueblo who was the fatal victim of...

Ojibwe man's discrimination complaint dismissed (March 3, 2009)

The Community Relations Commission in Farmington, New Mexico, dismissed a complaint filed by an Ojibwe man because it couldn't gather enough information about the case....

First Nations take dispute to human rights group (March 3, 2009)

Canada will tell its side of the story of a First Nations land dispute before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group...

Activists to commemorate Whiteclay deaths (March 3, 2009)

Tribal activists plan a special commemoration to mark the unsolved deaths of two Oglala Sioux men in Whiteclay, Nebraska. Wilson Black Elk Jr. and his...

Bill Means: Another view of Wounded Knee 1973 (March 3, 2009)

The following is the opinion of Bill Means, Oglala Lakota. Means has been with AIM since the early 1970s. Each year I have to respond...

Blog: Tribal court bars journalist from reporting (March 3, 2009)

"A tribal court in Michigan has issued an injunction ordering a journalist not to report on issues related to “blood quantum” and qualifications for tribal...

Federal Eye: Obama plays hoops at Interior (March 3, 2009)

"After attending a Washington Wizards-Chicago Bulls basketball game on Friday night, President Obama played some ball on Saturday at the Department of the Interior's indoor...