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Rosebud Sioux Tribe mourns loss of young lives in vehicle crash (July 19, 2016)

Five young people -- including a 6-month-old -- died in the accident. A four-year-old suffered serious injuries.

Native mother unable to visit daughter's grave after long search (July 19, 2016)

Therese Ukaliannuk traveled to Quebec to find the resting place of Marieyvonne but didn't find the burial site.

Navajo Nation dispels strange rumor about Cobell land buy-back effort (July 19, 2016)

Some people are claiming the tribe needs the land to house refugees from the Middle East.

Summit aims to boost number of radio stations in Indian Country (July 19, 2016)

There are 58 radio stations in Indian Country and organizers want to help tribes start more.

Soldiers from Passamaquoddy Tribe finally recognized for service in World War I (July 19, 2016)

The families of tribal members who were wounded or died during the war were presented with medals and eagle feathers.

Minutes show leaders of Fort Peck Tribes ordered 'Wino Round Up' (July 19, 2016)

Tribal leaders didn't want transients and other people around during the Wild Horse Stampede, a popular event on the reservation.

Field hearing set on trauma and mental health in Indian Country (July 19, 2016)

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is heading to Bismarck, North Dakota, in August.

Lakota Country Times: No call to fully fund Indian Health Service (July 19, 2016)

South Dakota Rep. Kristi Noem's fix to health care in Indian Country was debated last week on Capitol Hill.

Jim Kent: Selling the souls of the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre victims (July 19, 2016)

I’ve never been to a 'battlefield' or a massacre site, but it doesn’t take much of an imagination to understand what it must have been like.

Republican who goes against tribes credits 'civilization' to White people (July 19, 2016)

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) questioned whether non-Whites have contributed to advances in society.

President Obama endorses land-into-trust foe in Senate contest in California (July 19, 2016)

As attorney general of California, Kamala Harris has repeatedly fought tribes on land-into-trust issues.

Republicans unveil platform and project inclusion at convention (July 19, 2016)

Republicans failed to offer any new policy goals for Indian Country, adopting a platform nearly identical to their 2012 effort.

James Giago Davies: A father and son go out in their finest hour (July 19, 2016)

There is a certain type of person who cannot receive the same pleasurable stimuli we do by thinking about it.

Wildlife refuge being renamed in honor of the late Billy Frank Jr. (July 19, 2016)

Billy Frank was a member of the Nisqually Tribe who spent his entire life fighting for treaty rights.

Steve Russell: Guns in the hands of good guys or bad guys are still guns (July 19, 2016)

To say that the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun ignores that most gun deaths are not about good guys and bad guys.
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