Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq, came into most of our lives only a short month ago....

The federal government is back in court this week to challenge yet another controversial ruling the long-running Indian trust fund lawsuit....

The five bands of Utah's Paiute Tribe were restored on April 3, 1980, after a long battle with the federal government....

"There's still a buzz left in my head from this year's tax season....

The Wisconsin State Republican Party managed to offend the "the first true Americans" by putting a "racially offensive cartoon" on its web site, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel says in an editorial....

Bilingual education at schools in Alaska's Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta seems like a no-brainer: Parents demand lessons in Yup'ik and English....

The police department on the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana is being hailed as a model for Indian Country....

The nation's tribal colleges have doubled enrollment in the past decade, offering 30,000 students a diverse range of subjects, from cultural education to master's degrees....

John Herrington, the first tribal member to go into space, relishes his status as a role model....

The Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho held a ceremony in Vancouver, Washington, to commemorate Chief Redheart's band....

The family of a deceased member of the Turtle Mountain Ojibwe Tribe of North Dakota is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the resolution of his homicide....

Ralph Perdue was recognized April 13 by the Alaska Legislature for his efforts to help Alaska Natives, The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports....

Red Earth Inc., a non-profit organization, has developed a CD-ROM about Oklahoma's tribes for students in grades four through nine....

"I knew Joseph Marshall III when he was just a disheartened leader of a ragtag bunch of hungry Indians, with nowhere to go until the director cut for lunchtime....

The new National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., isn't slated to open until next year but the Smithsonian has opened the doors to its massive collection to visiting artists....

A class action suit seeking $25 billion in damages for abuse at Indian boarding schools "faces a tough, tough road," The Sioux Falls Argus Leader says in an editorial, but is a worthwhile undertaking....

The Calvary Cathedral holds the longest-running services in Rapid City, South Dakota, that combine Native traditions and Christian teachings....

"One day you have a home and the next you don’t, but I’m not going to tell you my particular reasons for being homeless, because it’s my secret story, and Indians have to work hard to keep secrets from hungry white folks....

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals last week sided with three tribes and said the "Magical Irish Instant Bingo Dispenser System" is a legal Class II game....

The lead plaintiff in the Indian trust fund lawsuit says the Bush administration is behind a push to settle the long-running case....

Shauna Wood: "Let's try to make the renaming of Squaw Peak to Piestewa Peak positive for Arizonans because we are recognizing one of our own and continuing to remember the many American souls lost during this war." John Decker: "I have lived most of the last 36 years in the same house, with a view from my back yard of Squaw Peak and, political correctness and expedience be damned, it will remain Squaw Peak to me!" Carole Ridley: "These people bellyaching about changing a name from Squaw Peak to Piestewa Peak ought to open a book or two to remember what American Indians have been and are going through." Bruce G....

"From the beginning, the proposal to rename Squaw Peak to Piestewa Peak was a transparent attempt to exploit patriotic feelings to advance a politically correct cause....

Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq, became pregnant her senior year in high school but that didn't stop her from graduating early and continuing her ROTC program at Tuba City High School in Arizona, according to The Arizona Republic....

Acting assistant secretary Aurene Martin, current head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, will appear Friday on Native America Calling....

For tribes in the Pacific Northwest, it's First Salmon time -- the return of the spring chinook to the Columbia River....