New solutions to longstanding problems are on the wish list of Colorado’s two Ute tribes in 2012, a year that likely will continue the now-familiar situation of diminishing revenue...

Congress has the authority to require federal sex offenders to re-register in the state where they live, work, or study whether or not they travel inter-state, a federal appeals co...

Even if Uncle Sam is short on cash, the government may have to pay—or not—contract support costs (CSC) under a law designed to increase Native participation in federal services to ...

Consultation will continue after a series of meetings were held August 9-11 between tribal representatives and the U.S...

Navajo teachers in the Denver area for a summer institute devoted their last day to the study of power, or sovereignty , in some of its practical applications and limitations...

Reprinted with permissions from The Durango Herald . They have their own national anthem and are their own sovereign nation...

DENVER—When the three Ute tribes of present-day Colorado and Utah convened at the Tri-Ute Council April 27 they focused on their younger tribal members’ needs and on ways to provid...

It’s official—the Southern Ute Indian Tribe has elected its first chairwoman, Pearl Casias, who received 160 votes to fill a nine-month term left vacant when Matthew Box, the forme...

Farmington, New Mexico, is a city situated at the convergence of several different entities...

The recently-resigned former chairman of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe is in the running to replace himself in a special election April 12 to fill the seat he left vacant when he s...