A conservation group on Monday released its annual list of the nation's most endangered national parks, citing a pending land transfer to the Eastern Band of Cherokees in North Carolina as a threat to one....

A Republican environmental organization recently sent us an editorial criticizing Secretary of Interior Gale Norton for moving to allow a gold mine operation in Imperial County, California, the one opposed by the Quechan Nation....

The Bush administration is proposing to reduce unemployment in Indian Country, increase tribal timber revenue, improve the quality of life for American Indians and Alaska Natives and make reservation roads as safe as possible....

The mayor of Duluth, Minnesota, has established an American Indian Commission....

The New York Appellate Court on Monday heard arguments in a case challenging Gov....

A federal judge on Monday order the city of Detroit to show cause why three casinos should not be shut down....

A one-woman presentation about the life of Sacagawea, the Indian woman who aided explorers Lewis and Clark, is drawing praise....

A series of meetings addressing Navajo spirituality will begin tomorrow in Shiprock, New Mexico....

The Arizona Legislature is moving to act on a bill to ensure the Gila River Tribe can host a $350 million Arizona Cardinals stadium....

Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) is proposing a bill affecting a former Army munitions plant that the Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma wants restored as a reservation....

In an editorial today, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader praises the Nebraska Legislature for agreeing to study liquor sales near the Pine Ridge Reservation....

Lawmakers in northwestern Connecticut have banded together to oppose an expansion of tribal gaming in the state....

Penobscot Nation Governor Barry Dana is supporting a study of a proposed tribal casino in Maine....

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning on the popular herbal remedy kava, saying it may be linked to liver failure....

Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge is offering to hold informal briefing sessions with lawmakers as a means of avoiding testifying before Congress....

A 16,400-acre fire on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico is 75 percent contained as of Monday night....

The case of an American imprisoned in Peru for assisting a terrorist group is closed, according to the country's president....

"For people following the controversy over the use of the "Fighting Sioux" nickname for university sports teams, the recent poll commissioned and reported by Sports Illustrated was something of a shocker....

An Alaska state judge on Friday struck down the state's English only law as unconstitutional....

Apache musician Robby Romero is touring six Alaskan communities to show support for the Gwich'in Nation and its fight to oppose drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge....

The Department of Energy never met with conservation of energy groups during the formulation of President Bush's national energy policy, according to a review of agency documents by The Washington Post....

In an opinion piece published in The Washington Post today, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham says Americans are "dreaming" if they think leaving highly radioactive nuclear waste in their current locations is safe. "So far as terrorists are concerned, why wouldn't they first attack stationary, above-ground facilities that lie in known locations near heavily populated cities, rather than wait 10 years until the material is being moved -- in secret -- in secure containers surrounded by heavily armed guards?" he writes....

"Men such as Roger Jourdain, who passed away March 21, are markers in our history....

Tribes in the Pacific Northwest have taken greater roles in dam-related issues, seeking ways to protect their interests after years of being ignored....

Two Indian Health Service officials at the Crow agency on the Crow Reservation in Montana have been suspended....

The Haida First Nation has made a landmark claim to on- and off-shore natural resources on Queen Charlotte Islands, asking the province's Supreme Court to recognize its right to exercise control over the assets. Get the Story: In Canadian Court, a Native Nation Claims Offshore Rights (The Washington Post 3/26) Related Stories: Haida claim considered landmark (3/7) First Nations Briefs: Haida claim (3/6) BRITISH COLUMBIA: The Hupacaseth First Nation is going to court today to file a challenge to a provincial-wide treaty referendum, whose questions have only been recently finalized....

A federal judge in Montana has ruled that the way a county elects its commissioners discriminates against Native voters....

The ranking Democrat on the House Interior Appropriations subcommittee this month said he would consider supplementing Department of Interior officials and employees with liability insurance....

Author Jeff Benedict, whose has called for the termination of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut, only became a Democrat to run for Congress, reports The New London Day....