Department of Justice

Sanders in Open Letter to President Obama: Take a Bold Stand Against DAPL

Bernie Sanders

10/28/16

I write to respectfully but urgently request your intervention in the very troubling situation unfolding at and around the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota...

DoJ to Bring Contempt Charge Against Joe Arpaio

ICTMN Staff

10/12/16

The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced it will pursue a criminal contempt-of-court case against Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio. In August, U.S. District Judge G...

Tribes Receive $492 Million in Historic Move By Obama Administration

Alysa Landry

9/29/16

The U.S. government will pay $492 million to 17 American Indian tribes to settle long-standing disputes over mismanagement of natural resources and other tribal assets...

Federal Agencies Seek Input on Infrastructure Decision Making Following DAPL

ICTMN Staff

9/23/16

Two weeks after a joint announcement by the Departments of Justice, of the Army, and of the Interior called for the halt of construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in Nor...

Overdue National Debate About Pipelines and ‘Sound Silence’

Mark Trahant

9/12/16

TRAHANT REPORTS — On Friday I tweeted : “What an extraordinary day, the federal government has a pulse.” The United States finally weighed in on what many of us believe is the most...

Arizona Rep. Grijalva Heading to Standing Rock in Solidarity Against DAPL

ICTMN Staff

9/10/16

Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M...

DoJ Listens to Navajo Nation Request, Will Investigate Loreal Tsingine Death

Kim Baca

8/2/16

The Department of Justice has agreed to investigate the death of Loreal Tsingine, a 27-year-old Navajo woman who was shot five times by a Winslow police officer after allegedly sho...

DOJ Backs Santa Clara Pueblo in Water Easements Case

Anne Minard

6/7/16

The Department of Justice is suing a small northern New Mexico city for continuing to use expired water and sewer easements that run through Pueblo land...