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Tribes push for reauthorization of health care act (September 5, 2007)

Congress returned to session on Tuesday after a month-long break as tribal advocates geared up for a major push on the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. After the law expired...

Domestic violence linked to suicides at Rosebud (September 5, 2007)

A rise in suicides and attempted suicides on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota is linked to domestic violence, the Associated Press reports. Two victims say they tried to...

Small businesses worried about Native contracting (September 5, 2007)

Small businesses say American Indian and Alaska Native contractors have an "unfair" advantage. A new federal regulation allows agencies to include all Native-owned businesses in their small business targets regardless...

FBI PR: Agents address violent crime on reservations (September 5, 2007)

The FBI has a story on its website about a woman on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation who was the victim of domestic violence. According to the story, the woman was...

University of Colorado fights Churchill lawsuit (September 5, 2007)

The University of Colorado is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit by controversial former ethnic studies professor Ward Churchill. CU says its regents have immunity from lawsuit. They fired Churchill in...

Rosebud Sioux man changes plea on slaying of teen (September 5, 2007)

A man from the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota has changed his plead in the stabbing death of a 17-year-old boy. Melvin Smashed Ice, 38, had pleaded not guilty...

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation swaps land (September 5, 2007)

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut completed a land swap with the town of Ledyard on Tuesday. The tribe is swapping 102 acres of a former farm for...

San Ildefonso Pueblo governor charged with rape (September 5, 2007)

San Ildefonso Pueblo Gov. James Robert Mountain has been placed on administrative leave after being charged with rape. Mountain, 35, allegedly raped a former girlfriend, who is the mother of...

Native teen's arm broken while in police custody (September 5, 2007)

A 15-year-old boy from the Carry the Kettle First Nation suffered a broken arm while in the custody of Saskatchewan's first Native police force. Timothy Stevenson was arrested last week...

County seeks to join Saginaw Chippewa lawsuit (September 5, 2007)

A county in Michigan is seeking to join a lawsuit filed by the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe over the boundaries of its reservation. The tribe sued the state in federal court....

Blog: State knew about troubled Mashpee chair (September 5, 2007)

"Stephen Bingham and his mother, Mashpee Wampanoag elder and clan mother Amelia Bingham, were invited to meet with state senator Dianne Wilkerson. The meeting took place in the senator's office...

Former Otoe-Missouria clerk indicted for theft (September 5, 2007)

A former clerk for the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma has been charged with embezzlement. Derlena L. Lansford, 29, was indicted in state court. She allegedly stole more than $15,000 Otoe-Missouria...

Navajo Head Start director explains resignation (September 5, 2007)

Francis Becenti, the former director of the Navajo Nation's Head Start program, resigned last month after less than a year on the job. Becenti, 55, said he left because the...

Seneca-Cayuga Tribe still rolling own cigarettes (September 5, 2007)

The Seneca-Cayuga Tribe remains the only tribe in Oklahoma with its own cigarette manufacturing company. The Cayuga Tobacco Corp. opened in 1999 and employs about 80 people. The company...

Column: Genocide of Native people ignored in schools (September 5, 2007)

"If you are in New York in the next few months there is a small visiting exhibition at the National Museum of the American Indian called Listening to Our Ancestors,...

Cherokee Nation fines landfill more than $1M (September 5, 2007)

The Cherokee Nation Environmental Protection Commission has fined a landfill company more than $1 million for allegedly violating tribal and federal law. The commission gave operator Indian Country Investments 30...

Bill that changes Sacagawea dollar sent to Bush (September 5, 2007)

The Native American $1 Coin Act was sent to President Bush for his signature on Tuesday. The bill authorizes new designs for the back of the Sacagawea dollar coin. The...

Rep. Doolittle aides hit with grand jury subpoenas (September 5, 2007)

Two top aides to Rep. John Doolittle (R-California), who is under investigation for his ties to Jack Abramoff, have been subpoenaed by a grand jury. Chief of staff Ron Rogers...

Disgraced Sen. Craig reconsiders resignation (September 5, 2007)

Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho), who resigned in disgrace after pleading guilty to a "lewd conduct" incident in a men's bathroom, said he might not leave the Senate at the end...

Yellow Bird: Indians don't get 'free ride' at UND (September 5, 2007)

"As the angry voices over UND's nickname and logo grew to a fevered pitch, one assertion stood out as being so blatantly incorrect that it needs to be corrected...
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