Witness List: House committee hearing on self-governance (June 8, 2010)

The House Natural Resources Committee holds a hearing tomorrow on a self-governance bill. H.R.4347 addresses a wide range of issues in the self-determination and self-governance...

Montana attorney general won't probe athlete's death at jail (June 8, 2010)

Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock won't investigate the death of A.J. Long Soldier at the Hill County jail. Long Soldier, 18, died last November after...

Indian Affairs Committee business meeting set for Thursday (June 8, 2010)

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold a business meeting this Thursday. The time of the meeting has not been finalized. An agenda hasn't been...

10th Circuit rejects challenge to Wyandotte land-into-trust (June 8, 2010)

The federal government can't be sued for taking land into trust for the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on...

Trial for Pueblo woman accused of mudering son is delayed (June 8, 2010)

A woman from Zia Pueblo in New Mexico won't go to trial until spring 2011 after attorneys on both sides of the case agreed...

Indian school official confirms razing of famed amphitheater (June 8, 2010)

The superintendent of Santa Fe Indian School in New Mexico confirmed the razing of the revered Paolo Soleri Amphitheater. Superintendent Everett Chavez said the...

Judge allows lawsuit for former residential school students (June 8, 2010)

A judge says former students at residential schools in Newfoundland and Labrador can proceed with a class action, CBC News reported. An estimated 5,000 Inuit,...

Viejas Band wins injunction to block reservoir at sacred site (June 8, 2010)

The Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians won a restraining order that prevents the Padre Dam Municipal Water District in California from further work at a...

Judge questions evidence in Eastern Cherokee murder case (June 8, 2010)

A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina is set to go to trial on a murder charge but a federal...

Creek chief fires enterprise executives and board members (June 8, 2010)

A.D. Ellis, the chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma, recently fired the top two executives at the tribe's economic development enterprise and dismissed...

Osage Nation ousts incumbent chief and prepares for runoff (June 8, 2010)

Voters of the Osage Nation of Oklahoma ousted incumbent chief Jim Gray on Monday. Gray came in third out of a field of five candidates....

Mark Trahant: Indian Country deals with shortage of doctors (June 8, 2010)

"A generation ago about half of all medical students picked general medicine over a specialty practice; today’s it’s only about 30 percent. In the larger...

BIA officer dies while responding to call on Utah reservation (June 8, 2010)

A Bureau of Indian Affairs police officer was killed while responding to a call for assistance on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in Utah. Josh...

Lobbying firm sought to end relationship with Lumbee Tribe (June 8, 2010)

A lobbying firm sought to end its relationship with the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina as early as May 19, The Fayetteville Observer reports. Lewin...