University in Oklahoma gets $2M grant to create Indian center (October 5, 2010)

Northeast Oklahoma A&M College in Oklahoma has received a $2 million federal grant to create an Indian center. The university will work closely with tribes...

Indian women who took flu vaccine protected their newborns (October 5, 2010)

Indian women who received a flu vaccination during their pregnancy prevented their newborns from contracting the illness, according a study in the Archives of Pediatrics...

Echo Hawk names Darren Cruzan as head of law enforcement (October 5, 2010)

Assistant Secretary Larry Echo Hawk named Darren A. Cruzan, a member of the Miami Nation of Oklahoma, as head of law enforcement at the...

Alaska Native group endorses Sen. Murkowski for re-election (October 5, 2010)

Alaskans Standing Together, a group funded by Alaska Native corporations and their supporters, has endorsed Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in her write-in campaign. The group...

Candidates for New Mexico seat receive tribal endorsements (October 5, 2010)

Two candidates for the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission are touting their tribal ties. Theresa Becenti-Aguilar, a member of the Navajo Nation, is the Democratic...

Video: Jackie Johnson-Pata of NCAI at One Nation event in DC (October 5, 2010)

Jackie Johnson-Pata, the executive director of the National Congress of American Indians, spoke at the One Nation rally in Washington, D.C,. this past Saturday. "I...

Alaska Native corporations report major increase in revenue (October 5, 2010)

The 12 Alaska Native regional corporations saw an 18 percent increase in their revenues from 2007 to 2008. The corporations generated $6.9 billion in 2008....

Editorial: Navajo Nation should compromise on pact on racism (October 5, 2010)

"They call it a Memorandum of Agreement, but so far, it's been anything but agreement. It's time that changes. The city of Farmington and the...

Supreme Court will hear dispute over Indian man's conviction (October 5, 2010)

It isn't an Indian law case but the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a dispute over an Indian man's conviction. Donald Bullcoming was...

Supreme Court refuses Cayuga Nation tobacco taxation case (October 5, 2010)

Two New York counties that have been fighting the Cayuga Nation over tobacco taxes got more bad news from the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday....

Opinion: Oglala Sioux Tribe secures voting rights for members (October 5, 2010)

"Opponents of holding a full-scale election on the Oglala Sioux Tribe's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation this fall held on as long as possible during a...

Blog: A 'serious case of racism' in usage of Indians as mascots (October 5, 2010)

"There seems to be a serious case of racism going on in American sports teams. It has been going on for a long time and...

Editorial: Learning some lessons after oil spill in Gulf of Mexico (October 5, 2010)

"The six-month federal moratorium on deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is scheduled to end on Nov. 30. Complaining of job losses, politicians in...

Opinion: Agua Caliente Band land swap not good for the public (October 5, 2010)

"After a quick read of a recent Desert Sun article about the proposed land exchange between the Bureau of Land Management and the Agua Caliente...

APRN: Supreme Court won't hear Alaska tribal adoption case (October 5, 2010)

"The U.S. Supreme court has denied hearing an Alaska tribal adoption case, ending a four-year legal battle between the state and the Kaltag tribal council....

9th Circuit backs rights of Frank's Landing Indian Community (October 5, 2010)

The Nisqually Tribe can't challenge a tobacco tax agreement between two other tribes and the state of Washington, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled...

Montana tribe's employees out of their jobs after court ruling (October 5, 2010)

At least six employees of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are out of their jobs after a federal judge rescinded a self-governance agreement at...

IHS patients in Arizona potentially exposed to deadly viruses (October 5, 2010)

Patients at an Indian Health Service facility in Arizona may have been exposed to deadly viruses, KSWT-TV reports. Staff at the Fort Yuma Hospital weren't...

John Thune: Celebrate Native Americans' Day in South Dakota (October 5, 2010)

The following is the opinion of Sen. John Thune (R-South Dakota). This year marks the 20th anniversary of the day South Dakota first recognized Native...

Charles Trimble: Lucy Covington, unsung hero in Colville battle (October 5, 2010)

In his superb new book, The Last Great Battle of the Indian Wars, Mark Trahant tells about Lucy Covington’s campaign to unseat pro-terminationist members of...

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