Mashantucket Tribe won't manage child care center anymore (September 25, 2012)

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut is handing management of its child care center to a third-party, The New London Day reports. The Mashantucket Child Development Center provides services to children of tribal members. Starting October 1, it will...

Crow Tribe starts work on first project with $461M settlement (September 25, 2012)

The Crow Tribe of Montana broke ground on the first phase of a major water project on the reservation. The money for the project is coming from the tribe's $461 million water rights settlement. It was included in H.R.4782, which...

Man sentenced to prison for arson at Tonkawa Tribe property (September 25, 2012)

A 20-year-old man was sentenced to six years in federal prison for burning down property owned by the Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma. Kyle Enloe pleaded guilty to arson, second-degree burglary and theft of personal property within Indian Country. He admitted...

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe awaits $28M payout in land dispute (September 25, 2012)

The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe will receive $28 million under a bill that's waiting to be signed by to President Barack Obama. After decades of litigation, the tribe received $20 million in 1999 for land and timber that was taken by...

Miccosukee Tribe shows checks totaling $10M paid to law firm (September 25, 2012)

The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida paid more than $10 million to its former law firm and has the checks to prove it, The Miami Herald reports. As part of a malpractice lawsuit, the tribe filed about 400 checks sent to...

GOP candidate's staffers caught on tape doing tomahawk chop (September 25, 2012)

Staffers for Sen. Scott Brown (R-Massachusetts) were caught on video making stereotypical "war whoops" and doing "tomahawk chops" in a confrontation with supporters of Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. Brown has repeatedly hammered Warren over her...

HUD clears up confusion over 'extra' $18M in Lumbee account (September 25, 2012)

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina does not have an extra $18 million in federal funds, the Department of Housing and Urban Development clarified. Some tribal leaders claimed the money was sitting unused in a tribal account. But HUD explained...

Ponca Tribe prepares to open convenience store on trust land (September 25, 2012)

The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska is about to open its second convenience store. The White Eagle Express is located on trust land in Lincoln. It will offer food, soda and tobacco. “We’re basically your friendly neighborhood convenience store, minus the...

Oglala Sioux Tribe receives $6.5M to build veterans cemetery (September 25, 2012)

The Oglala Sioux Tribe has received a $6.5 million grant to build a veterans cemetery on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The money came from the Department of Veterans Affairs. It will be used to develop the Tribal...

Radio: Tribal provisions in VAWA caught up in partisan debate (September 25, 2012)

"Native American women are being sexually and violently assaulted at shockingly high rates in the United States. According to Justice Department statistics, not only are Native American women ten times more likely to be murdered than other women, one in...

Wiyaka Chasing Hawk: Reservation is rich in Lakota way of life (September 25, 2012)

"Recently I read some news articles regarding Ziebach County being the “poorest in America” and I am genuinely uneasy and upset by the information circulated by a person that doesn’t live in the country of Red Scaffold. We are a...

Julianne Jennings: Indian Country well represented in military (September 25, 2012)

"Historically, Native Americans have the highest record of service per capita when compared to other ethnic groups. This Native American service with the U.S. actually goes back to the Revolutionary War when they were allies, when Native people served next...

Kevin Washburn confirmed to BIA job but not yet at work in DC (September 25, 2012)

Kevin Washburn has been confirmed as the new leader of the Bureau of Indian Affairs but he's not yet at work in Washington, D.C., a spokesperson for the agency said this morning. Washburn is a member of the Chickasaw Nation....

Elizabeth Warren responds to attack on Indian ancestry claims (September 25, 2012)

Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, is coming under attack again over her claims of Indian ancestry. Warren, who grew up in Oklahoma, has claimed Cherokee and Delaware ancestry from her mother's side of the family....

OST handles more than $3.7B in trust for tribes and individuals (September 25, 2012)

The Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians manages more than $3.7 billion in trust for tribes and individual Indians. OST manages more than 2,900 accounts for more than 250 tribes, according to an Interior Department budget document. Another...

Tribal campaign contributions on the rise in 2012 election cycle (September 25, 2012)

Tribes have contributed $3.25 million in the 2012 election cycle, a big increase over 2008, with the lion's share going to President Barack Obama and the Democratic party. Obama alone has received about $750,000 from tribes for his re-election campaign,...