Senate Committee on Indians Affairs Hear How Tribes Turn to Natural Resources as Federal Shutdown Deepens Food Insecurity

An emergency authorization from the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council to slaughter 18 buffalo from the tribe’s herd will ...
The Daily Gazette

Western tribes have new authority over non-Indians

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Three American Indian tribes in the West soon will have the power to prosecute non-Indians for a limited set of crimes, becoming the first group of native communities to get such ...
WPXI

History of Western Pennsylvania American Indian tribes explored in new Fort Pitt Museum exhibit

The Fort Pitt Museum takes visitors on an exploration of the history and culture of American Indian tribes who once called Western Pennsylvania home with its new exhibition, “Homelands: Native Nations ...
Environment News Service

Western Tribes Funded for Clean Water, Power, Dam Safety

SUPAI, Arizona, May 23, 2023 (ENS) – Tribal communities in five Western states: Arizona, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, and Washington, will receive millions from the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan ...
Iowa Public Radio

Western tribes' last-ditch effort to stall a large lithium mine in Nevada

PASADENA, Calif — The fate of what would be the largest lithium mine in the U.S. on federal land in Nevada is now in the hands of a federal appeals court. It's the latest development in a more than ...
Grist

Western states opposed tribes’ access to the Colorado River 70 years ago. History is repeating itself.

This story was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country. In the ...
The Norman Transcript

Tribes want more American Indians on federal bench

Leaders of California's politically powerful Indian tribes are pressing the incoming Obama administration to appoint more American Indians to the federal judiciary. Nearly 900 judges sit on the ...
komonews

Western Washington cities, tribes awarded $6 million in grants for drug treatment programs during Red Ribbon Week

President Donald Trump hosts Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House. by Alton Worley II, KOMO News Staff TOPICS: WASHINGTON — Several western Washington cities, tribes, and a county ...
KING5

Several western Washington tribes will receive federal funding to prepare for flooding, heat waves

WASHINGTON, USA — Five tribes in western Washington will receive federal funding to help them prepare for the impacts of climate change, like floods and heat waves. The funding will come from ...
OPB

Western tribes’ last ditch effort to stall a large lithium mine in Nevada

It's the latest development in a more than two year legal battle over a plan by the Canadian firm, Lithium Nevada, to build an open pit mine near Thacker Pass, along a remote stretch of ...