Crow Reservation landowners not happy with BNSF fences (May 12, 2010)

Landowners on the Crow Reservation in Montana say BNSF Railway Co. is doing a poor job at maintaining railroad fences. Montana law requires railroads to...

Editorial: Putting off shore drilling in Alaska on hold for now (May 12, 2010)

"The Department of the Interior last week asked Shell Alaska to report by May 18 on what additional safety precautions it will take for drilling...

Alaska lawmakers fail to act on Native verse in state song (May 12, 2010)

For the third time, Alaska lawmakers have failed to act on a bill to add a verse to the state song that would recognize Alaska...

Colorado River Indian Tribes treasurer faces second recall (May 12, 2010)

The treasurer of the Colorado River Indian Tribes is facing another recall effort. Dennis Welsh Jr. was recalled in an election on December 31, 2009....

Lawsuit filed over Native man who died in detention facility (May 12, 2010)

The daughter of a Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation man who died in police custody has filed a lawsuit against the Royal Canadian Mounted...

County settles lawsuit for Rosebud Sioux inmate's suicide (May 12, 2010)

Sheridan County in South Dakota settled a lawsuit over the suicide of Jay Spotted Elk, who was a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. Spotted...

Interior plans to create separate royalty collection agency (May 12, 2010)

The Obama administration plans to split the Minerals Management Service into two separate agencies. One agency will handle royalty collection on federal and Indian lands....

Tobacco shops on Seneca Nation put 1,000 people to work (May 12, 2010)

Tobacco is big business on the Seneca Nation in New York, where about 1,000 people are employed by smoke shops like the one owned...

University of Montana to dedicate Native American Center (May 12, 2010)

The University of Montana will dedicate the Payne Family Native American Center on Thursday. The dedication ceremony features Crow Tribe author and historian Joe...

Native men to make canoe trip along historic trading route (May 12, 2010)

Two men from the Rama First Nation of Ontario will make canoe trip along a historic Native trading route. Keesic Douglas, 36, and Kory Snache,...

Witness List: Senate Indian Affairs hearing on school safety (May 12, 2010)

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds a hearing tomorrow on Indian school safety. The hearing takes place at 9:30am in Room 628 of the Senate...

Elem Pomo Tribe seeks study of housing at ancestral site (May 12, 2010)

The Elem Pomo Tribe of California might file a lawsuit if a housing project on Rattlesnake Island, the ancestral Pomo village, wins approval. The...

Duke Energy wants to restart work by Cherokee birthplace (May 12, 2010)

Duke Energy says it needs to restart work near Kituwah, the ancestral Cherokee birthplace in North Carolina. Duke halted work after the Eastern Band of...

Southern Ute Tribe signs agreement for reservation roads (May 12, 2010)

The Southern Ute Tribe of Colorado will take the lead under a new agreement designed to improve the quality of roads on the reservation. The...

Cayuga Nation to sue two counties for raid on smoke shops (May 12, 2010)

The Cayuga Nation plans to sue two New York counties for raiding the tribe's smoke shops and seizing tribal property. The tribe always contended...

Two more inmates escape from Shoshone-Bannock facility (May 12, 2010)

Two more inmates have escaped from a jail on the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho, bringing the total of escapees in the last month to...

Man arrested for nuclear protest wants to be tried by tribe (May 12, 2010)

A non-Indian man who was arrested for holding a protest at a U.S. military missile site in North Dakota wants to be tried by...

Job Ad: AISES Program/Deputy Director (May 12, 2010)

Program/Deputy Director The American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES) is seeking to hire a Program/Deputy Director for the Albuquerque, NM based national non-profit headquarters...