Native American Politics, Indian Law, Tribal Politics (Page 300)

The Fight for Baby Veronica, Part 2

This is part 2 of a series about the custody battle for...

Rios Montt Guilty of Genocide in Guatemala

On Friday, May 10th, former Dictator and General Jose...

Repeal Health Care Law? Again? So Now What?

The U.S. House of Representatives has scheduled a vote...

Dr. Jill Biden to Deliver Navajo Technical College Commencement Address

You may not have heard of Navajo Technical College (NTC) in...

Great Plains ICWA Summit Hoping to Address Native Foster Care Concerns

The Great Plains ICWA Summit has been a long time coming...

Freedom of Information Act Used To Push IHS To Offer Plan B Over the Counter

Mainstream Americans continue to battle over the...

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Court Overturns Non-Indian Conviction

Carol Berry

April 14, 2011

DENVER—The conviction of a cockfight spectator was vacated April 11 in federal appeals court, which ruled there is no federal jurisdiction for crimes in Indian country if there is ...

Yukon First Nations Closely Guarding Peel Watershed

ICTMN Staff

April 13, 2011

With mineral prices climbing, numerous companies with mining rights and interests in the Peel Watershed are eyeing the 16.8-million-acre northern Yukon wilderness for possible deve...

Indian Leaders Back Native 8(a) Program

Mark Fogarty

April 13, 2011

On April 7, the U.S...

Senator Feinstein’s New Bill: 'It’s a Travesty'

Gale Courey Toensing

April 13, 2011

Proposal would make it near impossible for restored or newly recognized tribes to open casinos It’s known in Washington as “the Friday dump” – news that’s released late on Friday i...

Court Enforces Repeat Offender Rules

Carol Berry

April 13, 2011

DENVER—Colorado has just prosecuted its first case under federal law that addresses habitual domestic violence offenders in Indian country, the U.S...

Delta Farmers Excluded from CA Water Discussions

Dan Bacher

April 13, 2011

For several years, corporate agribusiness Astroturf groups and their political allies have claimed that protections for Central Valley salmon and Delta smelt have caused "massive u...

Too Remote to Vote? NWT Hunters Juggle Priorities

ICTMN Staff

April 13, 2011

With all the talk of First Nations’ antipathy toward voting in the May 2 election, an entirely different consideration is at play among hunters: The date lands smack in the middle ...

Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes Fight for Water Rights

ICTMN Staff

April 12, 2011

Southeastern Oklahoma is home to Sardis Lake, which is in perfect position to supply both Oklahoma City and its suburbs, and new subdivisions around Fort Worth, Texas, 200 miles so...

Education Aids Economic Growth

Carol Berry

April 12, 2011

Lt. Gov...

How Essential are Federal Indian Employees?

Rob Capriccioso

April 12, 2011

WASHINGTON—While Congress and the Obama administration narrowly avoided a shutdown of the federal government via a last-minute deal late in the evening of April 8—in turn protectin...