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Canada's Native population tops 1 million mark (January 17, 2008)

The Aboriginal population in Canada surpassed the one-million mark for the first time, according to statistics released this week. A total of 1,172,790 people identified themselves as Indian, Metis or...

Little River Band members protest tribal council (January 17, 2008)

Members of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians of Michigan held a protest outside tribal headquarters on Wednesday. The group accused the tribal council of overstepping its authority and...

Blackfeet Nation reaches water deal with state (January 17, 2008)

The Blackfeet Nation has reached a water rights agreement with the state of Montana. The deal allows the tribe to draw more water the St. Mary, Two Medicine and Milk...

Cheyenne River woman pleads guilty to abuse (January 17, 2008)

A woman from the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota pleaded guilty to child abuse. Wendy Lynn Edna Veit, 34, admitted that she abused a 2-year-old girl for a...

Penobscot Nation hosts state lawmakers (January 17, 2008)

The Penobscot Nation of Maine welcomed state lawmakers to the reservation on Wednesday in hopes of educating them about the tribe's needs. Chief Kirk Francis said he wants to...

Yakama Nation sued over tobacco tax compact (January 17, 2008)

A business owner has sued the Yakama Nation of Washington in tribal court over a tobacco tax compact with the state. Kip Richard Ramsey, the part owner of a tobacco...

Lumbee Tribe to celebrate ousting of KKK (January 17, 2008)

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina will hold a ceremony on Friday to mark the successful ousting of the Ku Klux Klan from Robeson County. The KKK frequently terrorized...

Ute Mountain Ute Tribe takes steps against violence (January 17, 2008)

After being called the murder capital of Colorado, the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation is seeing some boosts in its law enforcement and justice system. U.S. Attorney Troy Eid has...

9th Circuit issues decision in aboriginal title case (January 17, 2008)

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled against a member of the Karuk Tribe of California who claimed aboriginal title n a national forest. Karen Lowry was charged...

Senate expected to vote on Indian Health Care Act (January 17, 2008)

The National Congress of American Indians and the National Indian Health Board are gearing up for action next week on the Indian Health Care improvement Act. The Senate is expected...

Some ex-residential students haven't been paid (January 17, 2008)

As many as 21,000 Native residential school students have yet to receive their share of a $2 billion settlement. Canada agreed to pay about 78,000 former students to settle a...

Cherokee Nation ridicules UKB bid for IHS contract (January 17, 2008)

The Cherokee Nation says the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians lacks authority to manage the W.W. Hastings Indian Hospital in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Both tribes want to run the...

North Dakota official to meet with tribes over 'Sioux' (January 17, 2008)

North Dakota University System Chancellor William Goetz plans to meet with leaders of two Sioux tribes in the state to discuss the University of North Dakota's "Fighting Sioux" nickname...

Developer ordered to protect burial mounds (January 17, 2008)

A developer in Wisconsin has been ordered to protect burial mounds that were damaged by construction workers. Crews at the Pabst Farms housing community near Milwaukee cut some brush...
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