Growing number of Indian tribes want to build casinos in urban areas away from reservations An Indian tribe wants to build a grand, ...
Years after code helped win WWII, Navajo Marines converge on NYC for Veterans Day The famed Navajo Code Talkers, the elite Marine unit ...
Feds charge NM teenager with killing nun on Navajo reservation A teenager was charged Friday with killing a nun after allegedly breaking into her trailer home on the Navajo Indian reservation in search of cash or valuable items. Federal authorities accused Reehahlio ...
Ex-Alabama Gov. Riley Cabinet member says Miss. tribe with casinos gave to gov's 2002 campaign A former member of Gov. Bob Riley's Cabinet claimed Thursday that Riley received campaign contributions from Mississippi Indians who operate casinos, with the money intended to limit ...
Federal and tribal law enforcement agents descended on a small community on the Navajo Indian reservation early Thursday to make an arrest as part of their investigation into the slaying of a nun whose body was found in her home on church ...
Making good on a campaign promise to hold a yearly summit with American Indians, President Barack Obama told tribal leaders Thursday gathered in Washington that he is determined to reverse the federal government's history of marginalizing Indian nations. "You will not be ...
A black rose and white crosses adorn a memorial wall for Sister Marguerite Bartz outside St. Berard's Catholic Church on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in Navajo, N.M., whose body was found Sunday at the church. The nun was murdered in her residence ...
Navajo Nation Council votes to place tribal president on administrative leave Navajo lawmakers have placed the tribe's president on administrative leave, pending an investigation into allegations of ethical, civil or criminal involvement with two companies that had been operating on the reservation. ...
Yamani Koezuna, center, and Scott Tiulana dance with the King Island Dancers during the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage, Alaska Thursday Oct. 22, 2009. Alaska Natives from around the state gather together to discuss issues that affect Alaska Natives. (AP ...
Senate panel approves bills to recognize Indian tribes in North Carolina, Virginia Seven Indian tribes in North Carolina and Virginia would gain federal recognition and become eligible for federal aid under legislation approved Thursday by a Senate committee. The Lumbee Tribe of ...
Navajo Nation wants to buy Arizona Snowbowl ski resort to stop snowmaking The Navajo Nation may try to buy a popular Arizona ski resort to stop snowmaking on one of the tribe's most sacred mountains, the San Francisco Peaks. The Navajo Nation ...
In August, a federal judge ruled in favor of a Northern California Indian band decreeing that the state had to issue up to another 10,500 additional licenses to install new slot machines. Since then, tribes have been getting more licenses left and ...
