The Michigan State Press has just published a new book entitled “Facing the Future: The Indian Child Welfare Act at 30.”
It is a collection of chapters by different authors, many of whom spoke at a conference on this same theme in 2008. I co-wrote one of the chapters with Terry Cross, the executive director [...]

The news reports that some residents of the Riverton Wyoming area are expressing concern about a proposed agreement between the city and the Northern Arapaho Tribe to cooperate on common interests.
The city and tribe have agreed to work together on issues, such as zoning and land-use planning and economic development efforts.
At a public meeting on [...]

As I have written many times, the lack of criminal jurisdiction by tribal governments over non-Indian defendants causes many problems in Indian Country. The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs has held many hearings to discuss this issue.
Along that line, it is no surprise that news reports show that tribal lands in the west face [...]

The administrative process conducted by the Bureau of Indian Affairs for recognizing new federally recognized Indian tribes has been criticized for years.
A top BIA official has promised to reform the federal recognition process.
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs George Skibine told the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs it would take about two years [...]

Do you think the National Football team Washington “Redskins” nickname is offensive?
Many people do and many others do not. But what if there were other teams with nicknames like Brooklyn Jews, San Diego Caucasians, St. Louis Blacks? (I have seen these names on a satirical poster objecting to the use of the “Redskins” [...]

On Wednesday, the annual march commemorating the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua was held once again.
The treaty between the federal government and the six Native American nations that make up the Iroquois Confederacy is based on the principles of mutual respect and recognition of rights.
“We are sending a message. The treaty is still operative,” said Gary [...]

The Colville Confederated Tribes in Washington has filed suit in federal court to defend tribal hunting rights in its territory free of state regulation.
The suit concerns a citation issued to a tribal hunter on part of the Colville Indian Reservation that was ceded to the U.S. in an 1891 agreement.
Tribal enforcement officers patrol the area [...]

I have pasted here the press release from the White House regarding tribal governments.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release [...]

A Brazilian organization reports that Guarani Kaiowá teachers who were missing have now been found dead in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
Citizens of the indigenous comunity Po´i Kuê reported that on November 4, the bodies of the missing teachers were found. Olindo Verá and Genivaldo Verá disappeared on October 30 when a group [...]

Climate change may be only the latest of many challenges facing Indian country, but it is having devastating effects in parts of the far North. At least one Native village is currently faced with inundation by melting polar ice and is suing the energy companies it says are responsible.
John Echohawk, executive director of the [...]