When Lynn “Nay” Valbuena was just 20, a young mother with two toddlers, she was appointed housing commissioner for the San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians ...
The National Congress of American Indians every year releases its “State of Indian Nations,” an alternative prospect for the Congress reported during the week of the State of the Union. This has become an important exercise for many reasons....
WASHINGTON – The state of Indian nations is “strong,” but in order to be stronger, they need the federal government to be flexible, according to a speech delivered by Jefferson Kee...
Indian Country Today Media Network will be carrying the 2012 State of the Indian Nations address by Jefferson Keel, President of the National Congress of American Indians...
WASHINGTON—National crime statistics already indicate that 1 in 3 American Indian women will be raped in their lifetimes, but new clarification from the Obama administration on the...
Happy New Year. Or, I should say, happy election year. From now on the national election for president (as well as the house and the senate) shifts from a vague threat to an actual election....
The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA), and the United South and Eastern Tribes (USET) all shared the same overlapping conc...
Legislators in the House and the Senate have promised to move a Carcieri fix forward during the current congressional session. Sen. Daniel Kahikina Akaka (D-Hawaii) and Rep...