The Cherokee Nation and one of its members are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a U.S...
Suzan Shown Harjo

What’s up, you ask, with the “Native American” uproar in the Elizabeth Warren-Scott Brown race for U.S. senator from Massachusetts?...

May 15, 2012
Jefferson Keel, President, National Congress of American Indians

There is a group of criminals, on Native American lands, who assault, rape, and abuse Native women—and they can’t be arrested. These criminals are non-Native men....

May 14, 2012
In this country, all citizens are equal under the law—in theory...
Robert Odawi Porter, Seneca Nation of Indians President

Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) recently issued a statement on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Sen....

May 08, 2012
Steve Russell

This term, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case about affirmative action in university admissions, where my alma mater is on the side of diversity for a change....

May 03, 2012
From “not in my backyard” complaints to state and federal politics to flat-out racism, there are plenty of reasons why opponents of Indian gaming are waging war...
The U.S. Supreme Court will again tackle the issue of affirmative action where it pertains to college admissions...
Peter d'Errico

The U.S. Supreme Court recently bolstered a citizen's right to privacy from police surveillance in the digital age, in the case of United States v. Antoine Jones....

February 03, 2012
An aboriginal woman has been appointed to the Northwest Territories (NWT) Supreme Court for the first time...

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