High rates of child abuse, crime and other violence on reservations stem from the federal government's historical mistreatment of American Indians, Assistant Secretary Larry Echo Hawk said on Tuesday....

Authorities identified the infant who was killed after being attacked by a dog on Iowa Tribe land in Oklahoma as Justin Lopez. Lopez was 8 months old, The Oklahoman reported....

Sixteen tribes with trust fund management lawsuits have hired Quinn Gillespie & Associates to lobby the Obama administration to settle their cases, Roll Call reports. Jack Quinn and Manuel Ortiz...

It's been three months since the plaintiffs in the Cobell trust fund settlement and the Obama administration announced a $3.4 billion settlement to the case. But even though key lawmakers...

The Osage Nation of Oklahoma will ask the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear a case over the status of its reservation, Chief Jim Gray said. Gray said the...

A New Mexico man accused in connection with an accident that killed two sisters from the Navajo Nation has a long history of drunk-driving, according to court documents, and a...

A Taos Pueblo man says his tribe's court violated the Indian Civil Rights Act and tribal law by convicting him and sentencing him without a trial and without an attorney....

California appears to be the first state in the nation with a post dedicated to Native American veterans affairs. Pedro Molina, a member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of...

A split decision of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a federal permit for uranium activity on land held in trust for the Navajo Nation and on...

Jack C. Jackson, Jr., a member of the Navajo Nation, announced his candidacy for the Arizona Legislature on Monday. Jackson wants to represent Legislative District 2 in the state Senate....

The Obama administration disappointed tribes last year when it asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear a sacred site case involving the sacred San Francisco Peaks in Arizona. The...

"I just received an announcement that a producer for the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts is currently in production on 16 videos to be viewed by probation and pretrial...

"My satiric headline is a paraphrase of the phrase from a thousand western movies of our unenlightened past, always spoken in the films by a Native American after being...

"I am excited that those two Elwha River dams will begin to come down next year, and you should be excited too. It’s been a long time coming. After...

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-New York) says the Obama administration shouldn't take action to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar. The decision restricts the land-into-trust process to...

Fred Paquin, the former police chief for the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan, and his daughter, Mary Cullen, are scheduled to go trial on April 27...

The Lummi Nation of Washington is using a $1.2 million Youthbuild grant to provide opportunities for young people on the reservation. The program helps youth with training, GEDs, certifications...

The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians of Michigan is reportedly considering a new open meetings policy. The tribal council at one point barred non-members from council meetings. The...

The House Natural Resources Committee holds a hearing tomorrow to examine the Cobell trust fund settlement. The hearing takes place at 10am in Room 1324 of the Longworth House Office...

Attorneys for defendants in a major Indian artifact case are challenging the work of a federal government informant who died last week. Ted Dan Gardiner, 52, went undercover to buy...

Congress has yet to take approve a bill that would allow the Hoh Tribe of Washington to acquire land within Olympic National Park. The tribe needs the land in order...

Elouise Cobell, the lead plaintiff in the Indian trust fund lawsuit, will be answering questions about the proposed settlement to the case. Cobell is a member of the Blackfeet Nation...

An infant died on Monday after being attacked by a dog on Iowa Tribe land in Oklahoma. A relative said the girl was less than a year old. The family...

"The latest effort to strip trademark protection from the name of the Washington Redskins is now before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Native Americans, represented by Philip Mause, of...

"J.D. Hayworth, Sen. John McCain’s challenger for his Arizona seat, released the following image in a fundraising appeal today, depicting the past presidential candidate in Avatar-like war paint: The image...