WASHINGTON – Sen...

The Honorable William A...

Although the courts and others may question tribes’ acceptance of their non-Native business operators’ activities, the skepticism may be a remnant of “paternalistic days” that are ...

Increasingly powerful tribal courts can make use of a law resource center that will provide training and technical assistance to tribal justice systems across the country...

After serving 22 years in the Navajo Nation court systems, from a probationary judge to a District Court Judge, Leroy S. Bedonie has decided to retire effective December 31...

A Nambe Pueblo member who objected to the length of his sentence for assault failed to persuade a federal appeals court that his prison term was too long...

Beginning this week, Indian Country Today Media Network is introducing a periodical roundup of court cases recently decided by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals...

A recent child custody case in Valley Center, California became the latest example of how Southern California Intertribal Court has continued to expand its jurisdiction and gain re...

On September 9, the Navajo Nation Supreme Court reversed a district court’s dismissal in the case Joe Doe BF v. Diocese of Gallup, et al., No. SC-CV-06-10...

WASHINGTON – Forget about the Interior Department...