President Barack Obama’s nomination of Dr. Yvette Roubideaux to serve a second four-year term as director of the Indian Health Service will be the focus of a U.S...
Even a person only casually acquainted with Native Americans who viewed the May 15 hearing of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in which U.S...
One of the leading senators focused on Indian affairs says the Obama administration is shirking its responsibility to reimburse Indian tribes for contract support costs they incur ...
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will make her first appearance in front of the Indian Affairs Committee on Wednesday, May 15 when Chairwoman Maria Cantwell (D-WA) will hold a U.S...
On March 26, Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) announced that he will not run for re-election in 2014. Following the announcement Sen...
On March 26, news came that South Dakota Democratic Senator Tim Johnson, member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, would not be seeking re-election in 2014...
Getting to shake the president’s hand was a highlight for some Native youth who were recently honored by the Center for Native American Youth, founded by former U.S. Sen...
While the tribal court inherent jurisdictional provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) passed both chambers of Congress in February, and President Barack Obama subseque...
Two members of Congress, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) are questioning a policy the U.S...

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