WASHINGTON – Oglala Sioux tribal officials are alleging that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the U.S...

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...

In 1973, during the annual celebration of the Suquamish Indian Tribe, Mark David Oliphant, a non-tribal member, was arrested and charged with assaulting a tribal police officer and...

PAWNEE, Okla – On Friday, December 16 th , the Pawnee Nation hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Law Enforcement Center that will be constructed on their agency campus...

An autumn evening in 2007 that began with three Navajo members drinking and ended with one dead and the other two serving time in prison after an ill-fated union of alcohol and vio...

WASHINGTON – If there’s one issue that every politician agrees with on Indian issues in Washington, it’s that tribal justice and safety needs to be strengthened...

During the recent White House Tribal Nations Conference, Yankton Sioux Tribe chairman Thurmond Cournoyer hand-delivered a message to Charles Galbraith, Navajo, associate director o...

Federal justice on reservations is discriminatory and harsh, especially for youth, but recently enhanced tribal justice systems – a potential remedy – may not be easy to implement,...