Featured Story
In The Hoop: Winners, Losers
Richard Pombo - Hats off not just for asserting jurisdiction on the trust fund but for admitting Congress hasn't always done its part in fixing the system....
Featured Story
Nation's report card shows progress for Native students
The writing scores of American Indian and Alaska Native students have improved since 1998 but still lag behind the rest of the nation, according to a report released on Thursday
The scores of Native fourth-graders shot up nine points last year, while those of eighth-graders jumped seven, the Department of Education reported....
Eastern Cherokee members take top casino jobs
Seven members of the Eastern Band of Cherokees have been promoted to top jobs at the tribe's casino as part of an initiative to increase tribal representation....
Bush names new interim director at EPA
Marianne Horinko was named interim director of the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday....
House vote protects Native sex research study
The House voted 210-210 on Thursday to preserve funding for sexual research projects....
Murkowski proposes $285M road in rural area
Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski is proposing to build a $285 million road that would connect several rural Native villages around Bristol Bay....
Tribal director's death ruled a homicide
Authorities in Wisconsin are treating the death of Jody Ricard, an education director for the Red Cliff Ojibwe Tribe, as a homicide....
Navajo attorney general to review nepotism case
Navajo Nation Attorney General Louis Denetsosie will conduct a preliminary review into charges of nepotism among top tribal officials, The Gallup Independent reports....
Conference to address Navajo uraninum mining
The Dine Bidzill coalition, a collection of Navajo activist groups, will hold a conference July 19 against uranium mining....
Oglala Sioux police purchase motorcycle fleet
The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota has purchased six motorcycles for its police department using a Department of Justice grant....
Lakota activist sees lawsuit as means for change
Tom Poor Bear, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, filed a lawsuit this week against the state of Nebraska, alleging violating of his civil rights and those of the Lakota people....
Forest Service bans climbing at sacred rock
The US Forest Service on Thursday announced a management plan for Lake Tahoe that bans climbing at Cave Rock, considered sacred to the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California....
Feds seek to close reservation mobile home park
Federal prosecutors are seeking to shut down a mobile home park on the Torres-Martinez Reservation in California....
Morongo leader launches campaign for state office
Mary Ann Martin Andreas, former chairwoman of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians and current council member, is running for the California Assembly....
Goshute members accuse tribe of persecution
Members of the Skull Valley Goshute Tribe of Utah are asking a federal court to halt what they call unfair persecution by tribal leaders....
Ex-BIA worker challenges sentence on appeal
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals held a hearing on Thursday to consider the sentence of a former Bureau of Indian Affairs employee who was convicted for killing four people in a drunk driving accident....
BIA holding consultation meetings on education
The Bureau of Indian Affairs today published notice of a series of consultation meetings to take comments on potential changes in Indian Education Programs....
Mass. tribe suspects foul play on recognition
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts is suspecting local opponents are behind the Bush administration's appeal of the tribe's federal recognition case....
Mohawk Tribe starting up N.M. cigarette factory
A company owned by the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation of New York is opening a cigarette factory in New Mexico, The Albuquerque Journal reports....
Crews have some success battling Taos Pueblo blaze
The fire burning on Taos Pueblo land in New Mexico grew on Thursday but crews have been able to contain 30 percent, The Albuquerque Journal reports....
Yurok Tribe protests DOI's water conference
Members of the Yurok Tribe of California joined fishermen and environmentalists in protesting a Department of Interior Water 2025 conference on water conflicts....
Oneida Nation camp aimed at troubled youth
The Oneida Nation of Wisconsin held the Oneida Tribal Gang Task Force cultural camp this week....
Featured Story
Bush official balks at large settlement for Cobell
The Bush administration is only willing to settle the Indian trust fund lawsuit for "millions" of dollars, a top Department of Interior official said on Wednesday....
Featured Story
Army report describes attack on Piestewa's unit
A humvee driven by Army private first class Lori Piestewa, the only U.S....
NPS holding meetings on Eastern Cherokee land swap
The National Park Service held the second of three meetings about a proposed land swap between the Eastern Band of Cherokees and Great Smoky Mountains National Park....
Calif. tribe to finance project with state bonds
California's Cabazon Band of Mission Indians will receive $145 million in tax-exempt bonds from a state agency to build a 12-story hotel and convention center....
Mashantucket Tribe offers building for $1
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut has revived a long-standing offer to sell a building to the town of Preston for $1, and to contribute $25,000 to help relocate the structure....
Sac and Fox Nation partners on road improvement
The Sac and Fox Nation and an Oklahoma county jointed forces to reconstruct a three-mile road....
Inuit continue exemption to Canada's gun law
Inuits in the territory of Nunavut will continue to be exempt from Canada's gun registration law while their case is pending before a judge....
Body of missing tribal director believed found
Investigators are trying to determine whether a body recovered on Tuesday is that of Jody Ricard, the director of the family education center for the Red Cliff Ojibwe Tribe of Wisconsin....
Sask. apologizes for beating of Native baby
The Saskatchewan provincial government and the Montreal Lake Creek First Nation apologized on Wednesday for the beating of a Native boy with the release of a report into his treatment....
Tribal officer arrested for shooting and assault
A police officer for the Menominee Nation of Wisconsin was captured on Wednesday after shooting a woman and assaulting a man on the reservation....
Navajo Nation leaders discuss health issues
Navajo Nation leaders and New Mexico state health officials met on Tuesday to discuss health issues affecting the reservation....
Seminole youth learn about historic battle
Seminole youth in Florida are learning more about the historic battle that sparked the Second Seminole War....
Wis. tribes support improvement in state relations
Wisconsin tribal leaders testified in favor of a three legislative proposals that would formalize their government-to-government relationship with the state....
Eastern Pequot Tribe sued by jilted ex-backer
The Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut is being sued by a second developer who claims to have provided $14 million for the tribe's recognition bid....
House takes testimony on trust fund settlement
The House Resources Committee on Wednesday held a hearing on possible settlement of the Cobell Indian trust fund lawsuit....
Alaska budget reduces funds for Native villages
Alaska lawmakers cut funds to rural Native villages, rejecting Governor Frank Murkowski's plan to divide up the money equally between rural and urban areas....
Indian inmates in Mont. settle prison lawsuit
Indian inmates have settled a lawsuit alleged religious discrimination in Montana's prison system....
Memorial to activist brother and sister unveiled
A memorial to the late Bernie Whitebear and the late Luana Reyes, activists in the Indian community, was unveiled in Seattle, Washington....
Losses for Navajo Olympic venture tabbed at $2.7M
The Navajo Nation lost $2.7 million on its exhibition at the 2002 Winter Olympics, a much larger loss than previously disclosed, The Farmington Daily Times reports....
Oglala Sioux Tribe supports business boycott
The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota is backing a boycott of businesses in the city of Martin, president John Yellow Bird Steele said....
Bill creates Native language center for Southwest
Members of New Mexico's Congressional delegation introduced a bill to create a language preservation center for Native languages in the Southwest....
Growing Taos Pueblo fire hits sacred watershed
A fire on Taos Pueblo land in New Mexico has grown to 4,000 acres, and is reaching into a watershed important to the tribe....
Tribes complain of state intrusion on gaming
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a hearing on Wednesday to address revenue sharing under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act....
Editorial: Shame on Bush and Congress for rider
"Shame on Bush administration officials and members of Congress trying to short-circuit a lawsuit over Indian trust accounts and bully a settlement," The Seattle Times says in an editorial....
Lawsuit seeks accountability for Pine Ridge deaths
The state of Nebraska is being sued to force investigation of 50 deaths in and around the town of Whiteclay....
Featured Story
Alaska Native preference law ruled illegal
A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down an Alaska municipality's ordinance that gave hiring preferences to members of federally recognized tribes....
Featured Story
Miss. Choctaw tribe a finalist in Harvard program
The Mississippi Band of Choctaws has been named a finalist in Harvard University's Honoring Nations Program for two programs that combat social problems....
Appeals court won't keep Cheney energy records secret
A divided DC Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday rejected Vice President Dick Cheney's bid to keep documents from the White House energy task force secret....
NPS settles Yellowstone ranger's whistleblower complaint
The National Park Service has settled a whistleblower complaint filed by a ranger who criticized hunting practices around Yellowstone National Park....
Norton can't cite progress on NPS repair backlog
After releasing a rosy report that claimed progress was made in fixing national parks, the Bush administration told Congress on Tuesday that it can't estimate the repair and maintenance backlog....
Wyo. tribal college gets alcohol prevention grant
The Wind River Tribal College on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming has been awarded $145,584 in grants as part of a nationwide study aimed at curbing binge drinking and violent behavior....
Mich. tribe donates to local arts, athletics
The Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan has donated money to support arts and athletics programs at Central Michigan University....
Little Shell Tribe planning for new election
The Little Shell Tribe of Montana has tentatively scheduled a new tribal council election for August 9....
Blackfeet Nation holding Indian Days festival
The 52nd annual North American Indian Days will be held on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana this weekend....
Columbia River tribes expect strong salmon runs
The four tribes with treaty rights on the Columbia River are preparing for strong salmon runs....
Couple asks court to declare land Indian Country
An Iowa couple asked a federal court to declare a four-acre parcel of land to be free form state and local jurisdiction, saying it is owned by the Little Shell Pembina Band of North America....
Army to release report on Piestewa ambush in Iraq
The Army will release a report tomorrow on the March 23 ambush in Iraq that led to the death of Lori Piestewa, the Hopi tribal member who was the only US servicewoman to the die in the war, The Washington Times reports....
Caddo Nation election descends into name-calling
It's she said, she said over in Caddo Nation country as the tribe prepares to go to the polls Saturday....
March to support S.D. county's first Indian sheriff
Indian activists in South Dakota will hold a march today to support Bennett County's first Indian sheriff....
San Carlos Apache vice chairman still on leave
The vice chairman of the San Carlos Apache Tribe of Arizona remains on leave pending resolution of his off-reservation legal problems....
Lakota activist suing Neb. over Whiteclay deaths
An Oglala Lakota activist whose brother was found dead near the border town of Whiteclay is suing the state of Nebraska to force an investigation into the unsolved deaths of as many at 50 men....
Yankton Sioux remains reburied along Missouri River
The state of South Dakota reburied the remains of Yankton Sioux ancestors uncovered at a recreation site along the Missouri River....
Kiowa woman in running for Ms. Wheelchair America
Cinda Hughes, a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, is in the running for the Ms.Wheelchair America pageant....
Citizen Pot chairman fires two attorneys over case
Citizen Potawatomi Nation chairman John "Rocky" Barrett has fired two tribal lawyers over their handling of a politically-tinged criminal defamation case, The Daily Oklahoman reports....
Appeals court holding hearing on Meskwaki casino
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals will hold a hearing July 24 to consider reopening the Meskwaki Tribe's casino....
Judge Lamberth hears closing arguments in Cobell trial
US District Judge Royce Lamberth heard closing arguments in Trial 1.5 of the Indian trust fund trial on Tuesday....
Fire on Taos Pueblo land doubles in size
A fire burning on Taos Pueblo land in New Mexico doubled in size to more than 3,300 acres, frustrating attempts to control the intense blaze....
Navajo Nation air fleet grounded for repairs
The Navajo Nation's three airplanes are grounded while the tribal council looks for funding to make overdue repairs....
Featured Story
On recognition, it's more of the status quo
Before he left office last December, former assistant secretary Neal McCaleb unveiled an aggressive plan to reform the way the Bureau of Indian Affairs handles federal recognition....
Featured Story
Lessons Learned: Reorganization Rollout, June 2003
Still confused about what's going on at the Department of Interior? Well, you're not the only one....
Ex-Ponca employee hit with more child abuse charges
The former social services director for the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska has been charged with a total of six child abuse charges....
Pequot Times writer wins awards at NAJA conference
John Christian Hopkins, a staff writer for the Pequot Times, the newspaper of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, and a columnist for a Connecticut paper, received four awards at the 2003 Native American Journalists Association convention....
Wash. tribe seeks protections for river
The Sauk-Suiattle Tribe has petitioned the Washington Department of Ecology to list the Sauk River as an "outstanding resource water," the Associated Press reports....
New council member joins Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Jim Snow has been elected to the Citizen Potawatomi Nation business committee....
Navajo Nation sponsors tribal court program
A partnership between the Navajo Nation and Phoenix College in Arizona is training tribal court advocates....
Bone marrow donors sought for Navajo boy
Several bone marrow drives have been scheduled to find a potential donor for Dakota Kwiecinski, a 2-year-old Navajo boy with a rare blood disease....
Native women mobilized by sexual assault verdict
Native women in Saskatchewan are lobbying the government to appeal the recent acquittal of two men accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old Cree girl....
Yellowstone bison herd numbers at record level
The bison herd in Yellowstone National Park will top 4,000, according to the director of the park's Bison Ecology and Management Center....
University's Native science program out of funds
The University of Washington's Sciences and Tribes Educational Partnership, a summer program that combines science with traditional knowledge, has run out of grant support money, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports....
Tribal takeover of bison range draws attention
The proposed takeover of the National Bison Range by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of Montana would set a precedent nationwide....
Sacred headdress returned to Blood First Nation
The University of Aberdeen's Marischal Museum in Scotland returned a headdress to the Blood First Nation of Canada....
Minn. returns 800 acres to White Earth Nation
The state of Minnesota returned 800 acres to the White Earth Nation, completing the transfer of 10,000 acres of state and federal land to the tribe....
Man deeds land in Iowa to Chippewa tribal group
An Iowa man who has refused to clean up his four-acre property says it is now the sovereign territory of the Little Shell Pembina Band of North America....
Cherokee council members sue for assistance funds
Several Cherokee Nation council members are suing to regain access to tribal assistance funds....
Revamped Buffet show, Spirit, to hit the road
After a very limited run on the East Coast, "Spirit - The Seventh Fire," a musical production by composer and musician Peter Buffett, is going on the road....
Editorial: Sun and fun at Comanche Nation Water Park
The Daily Oklahoman in an editorial welcomes the reopening of the Comanche Nation Water Park....
Report: Campbell aide shuts down energy bill debate
A provision in an energy bill that limits the federal government's trust responsibilities is not open for debate, the top aide to Sen....
Navajo doctor in USA Today for web writing
Vernon Chee, a Navajo doctor who lives in New Orleans, appears in a USA Today story about the Internet "blogosphere."
Chee's blog, or web log, is called Ei Baa Hashne', or "I'll tell you about it." He posts short stories, poetry, a "Dineh Word of the Week" and a memoir of his experiences growing up on the Navajo Nation....
Crews battle blazes on two Wash. reservations
A fire in a remote area of the Colville Reservation in Washington has grown to 8,000 acres, the Associated Press reports....
Fire continues to burn on Taos Pueblo land
The 3,000-acre Encebado Fire continued to burn on Taos Pueblo land, flaring in a watershed known for its sacred sites....
Closing arguments set in Cobell trust fund trial
A federal judge this morning will hear closing arguments in the Cobell Indian trust fund trial....
Nev. tribe considers hosting Burning Man fest
The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada is in talks to become the permanent host for the popular "Burning Man" festival....
Oneida Nation president gives state of tribe address
Cristina Danforth, president of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, gave the state of the tribe address on Monday....
Featured Story
Court rules tribe owed self-determination funds
A federal appeals court last week sided with an Oklahoma tribe in a federal funding dispute, disagreeing with two other circuits on the way government agencies dole out money for self-determination contracts....
Featured Story
The Week in Indianz.Com History
The Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Celebration is well underway but one tribe has been left behind....
Featured Story
The Week in Review
After two months of testimony, Trial 1.5 in the Indian trust trust fund case saw special trustee Ross Swimmer take the stand in defense of the Bush administration....
Tribal leaders in Okla. reject tobacco compact
Twelve Oklahoma tribes have rejected a tobacco compact proposed by the state....
N.C. tribe raising funds for first land buy
The Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation is holding a golf tournament to raise funds to buy land....
Federal officials monitored tribal protest
Canada's Department of Indian and Northern Affairs is defending its campaign to overhaul the way First Nations are governed....
Cheyenne-Arapaho council member removed
Vera Franklin has been removed from the business committee of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma....
Swimmer to appear on Native America Calling
Special trustee Ross Swimmer is scheduled to appear on Native America Calling, the nationally-broadcast radio program, this Wednesday....
Flandreau Santee Sioux president resigns post
Tom Ranfranz has resigned his post as president of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports....
Rosebud Sioux Tribe ousts council member
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota has removed council member Tez Duysak over a conflict of interest violation....
Meskwaki dispute centers on recall petitions
The elected chairman of the Meskwaki Tribe of Iowa said he will accept recall petitions only if a rival faction vacates the tribal offices....
San Carlos Apache Tribe in leadership roil
The vice chairman of the San Carlos Apache Tribe of Arizona is on leave amid a political and leadership dispute, The Arizona Republic reports....
Frank King: Eliminating corruption and greed
"Today, many of our Native people do not comprehend the importance of unity, but pray to the god of individualism....
Collection of Lakota artifacts to go to museum
A collection of more than 40 Sioux artifacts has been given to the Lincoln County Historical Society Museum in Nebraska....
Cherokee swap site home to rare species, artifacts
A proposed land swap between the National Park Service and the Eastern Band of Cherokees could upset rare species, according to a new report....
Opinion: End use of Indian mascots in media
"Native people have asked sports teams, colleges, school districts and media outlets to stop using the offensive names - chiefs; braves; the outright racial slur, redskins - and to end the accompanying cultural theft and perversion, the painted faces and chicken feathers, the drum beats and tomahawk chops.
These contortions and distortions do not honor our culture, as mascot supporters disingenuously claim....
Obituary: Halftown, host of children's show
Traynor O Halftown, host of the longest-running children's television show in Philadelphia, died Saturday....
NMAI graces DC Mall with 'feminine' architecture
Slated to open September 2004, the National Museum of American Indian will be the only building with "feminine architecture" on the National Mall, the museum's facility planner says....
Fire threatens Taos Pueblo and its sacred sites
Fire crews in northern New Mexico are battling a blaze that is threatening homes in Taos Pueblo and a sacred lake....
Senate committee to hold hearing on Indian gaming
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will hold an oversight hearing Wednesday on the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act....
Editorial: Trust fund settlement bill 'disgraceful'
Legislation to settle the Cobell trust fund lawsuit denied American Indians their legal rights, The Denver Post says in an editorial....
Dicks pins anti-Cobell language on Taylor
A legislative rider that settles the Cobell trust fund lawsuit was the work of Congressman Charles Taylor (R-North Carolina), The Seattle Times reports....
Review: Sherman Alexie's Ten Little Indians
"Although "Ten Little Indians" is somewhat uneven, it is with passages such as these that Alexie's gifts as a storyteller unquestionably win us over....
BLM approves Native corporation land selection
The Bureau of Land Management publishes notice today of its approval of a land conveyance to the Kuskokwim Corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act....
Stay Connected
Contact Us
indianz@indianz.com202 630 8439 (THEZ)
Search
Top Stories
Trending in News
1 Tribes rush to respond to new coronavirus emergency created by Trump administration
2 'At this rate the entire tribe will be extinct': Zuni Pueblo sees COVID-19 cases double as first death is confirmed
3 Arne Vainio: 'A great sickness has been visited upon us as human beings'
4 Arne Vainio: Zoongide'iwin is the Ojibwe word for courage
5 Cayuga Nation's division leads to a 'human rights catastrophe'
2 'At this rate the entire tribe will be extinct': Zuni Pueblo sees COVID-19 cases double as first death is confirmed
3 Arne Vainio: 'A great sickness has been visited upon us as human beings'
4 Arne Vainio: Zoongide'iwin is the Ojibwe word for courage
5 Cayuga Nation's division leads to a 'human rights catastrophe'
News Archive
2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000