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If you ask the Windy Boys, of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Montana, talks over trust reform were doomed from the start....
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Whether states can force tribal governments to accept criminal warrants was left open by the Supreme Court this week....
Okla. tribes not ready to endorse new compacts
Oklahoma's tribal leaders aren't ready to endorse new tobacco and gaming compacts but talks with state politicians continue....
Report: EPA computer system is inaccurate, faulty
The Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general has issued a report on the computer computer system used to track and control water pollution....
Yellow Bird: Indian Country tourism could work
"When North Dakota's state tourism knocks on the door of closed communities such as the Indian reservations, the tribes tend to stand with their heels dug into the ground and their hands firmly around the doorknob, keeping the door tightly shut....
Review: Sherman Alexie's 'Ten Little Indians'
"The two funniest tribes I've ever been around are Indians and Jews," Sherman Alexie writes in "Ten Little Indians," his new collection of short stories, "so I guess that says something about the inherent humor of genocide."
According to Janet Maslin of The New York Times, the "warm, revealing, invitingly roundabout stories" feature a broad range of Indian characters who "come in all shapes and sizes, sharing only their wry perspective on Indian life off the reservation." Most of the stories are set in Seattle, Washington, which Alexie calls home these days....
Wash. judge accused of bias towards Natives
A judge in Washington is being reviewed by a state panel on charges he treated Native American and Hispanic defendants differently in his courtroom....
S.D. tribal members protest police incident
Members of the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota held a protest on Friday, calling for an investigation into a police officer they accused of brutality and racism....
Chad Smith re-elected as Cherokee Nation chief
Chad Smith was re-elected principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, the second-largest tribe in the United States....
Woman chosen to lead Tohono O'odham Nation
Members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona chose their first woman chair in a resounding vote on Saturday....
Little Shell Tribe sees delay in recognition
The Little Shell Chippewa Tribe of Montana received preliminary recognition three years ago and is still waiting for a final answer on its federal status....
Canadian Natives seek return of meteorite
The Blue Quills First Nation College on the Saddle Lake Reserve in Alberta, Canada, is leading an effort to repatriate a sacred meteorite....
Bush nominee pressured DOJ on cross-burning case
A federal judge whom President Bush has nominated to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals pressured government attorneys to reduce a sentence for a man convicted of cross-burning, The Washington Post reports....
Native language efforts hindered by lack of funds
Efforts to keep Native American languages alive are hindered by limited funds, according to educators....
Pueblo residents evacuated after chemical leak
A railroad car leaking volatile chemical fumes forced the evacuation of about 40 to 60 residents of Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico....
Yellow Bird: Rebate forms difficult but addictive
"To rebate or not to rebate: That is the question of the day when you walk into electronics shops, department stores, car dealerships and just about anywhere else....
Ore. tribes build monument to local veterans
The Confederated Grand Ronde Tribes have built a monument to honor Indian and non-Indian veterans....
Opinion: There's good and bad in energy bills
"With the Supreme Court’s decision in Navajo Nation v....
Navajo Nation's DC office gets new director
Sharon Clahchischilliage has been named executive director of the The Navajo Nation's Washington, D.C., office by President Joe Shirley Jr....
Some tribes wary of trust fund receivership
Some tribal leaders are wary of a request to put the Individual Indian Money (IIM) trust into receivership, worried that it could lead to an erosion of their sovereignty....
BIA won't recognize Meskwaki Tribe election
The Bureau of Indian Affairs won't recognize the results of the Meskwaki Tribe's recent election....
Military official says Piestewa fought with courage
A military official said Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq, fought her Iraqi attackers "with courage and honor," The Arizona Republic reports....
Mont. man shoots woman, turns gun on self
A Northern Cheyenne woman was shot and killed by a man who turned the rifle on himself in an apparent murder-suicide....
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