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Former Cherokee Nation Chief Wilma Mankiller, one of the few women to ever lead a major tribe, matched strength with a humbleness that made her approachable, the nation's current chief said Saturday.

A judge has granted more time for Congress to approve a $3.4 billion settlement against the government for swindling Indian tribes out of royalties for oil, gas and grazing leases.

Three years after presiding over a trial on an American Indian voting rights case, a federal judge in Wyoming has yet to rule on it. Now, the American Civil Liberties Union is taking the extraordinary step of asking a federal appeals court to force him to decide.

The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community near Scottsdale is set to open a new resort and casino on the reservation next week.

A gaming compact with the Florida Seminole Indian Tribe moved closer to fruition Thursday when a House panel approved an agreement that guarantees the state nearly $1.3 billion over the next five years.

A new cooperative made up of tribal representatives and non-American Indian landowners will take over management Friday of a federal irrigation project covering about 135,000 acres in the Flathead Indian Reservation.

There's a Native American talking stick mounted on the wall, a series of volumes about Scientology on the bookshelf and a few Bibles strewn about Raymond Spray's office in the south facility of the Wyoming State Penitentiary.

Gov. Charlie Crist says he's hoping to have a gaming agreement with the Florida Seminole Indian Tribe ready for his signature by early next week.

Former Cherokee Nation Chief Wilma Mankiller, one of the nation's most visible American Indian leaders and one of the few women to lead a major tribe, died Tuesday after suffering from cancer and other health problems. She was 64.

When drought and the Endangered Species Act shut off irrigation on the Klamath Reclamation Project in 2001, farmers demonstrated and broke open headgates to let water into irrigation ditches, setting up a confrontation with federal agents.

Reservation Telephone Cooperative is getting a $10.95 million loan and a $10.95 million grant through the federal stimulus program to bring broadband service to the remote and rural areas in and around the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.

A federal council recommended Friday that the secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior reject a proposed wind farm in Nantucket Sound, saying it would have "destructive" effects on dozens of nearby historic properties.

Florida lawmakers have reached a tentative $1.5 billion gambling agreement with the Seminole Tribe.

Gov. Charlie Crist's grand plan to revive the dying Florida Everglades by buying back the land is in jeopardy after a federal judge Wednesday ordered the state to resume construction on a multimillion-dollar restoration project.

A San Diego County Indian tribe has won a lawsuit challenging a state cap on slot machines.

e lead plaintiff in a lawsuit that accused the federal government of mismanaging American Indian trust lands says tribal members must urge Congress to quickly sign off on a $3.4 billion settlement.

Tribal suicide rates are 70 percent higher than for the general population, and the youth suicide rate is even higher. On some reservations youth suicide rates are 10 times the national average.

Hundreds of prime acres are up for grabs in this waterfront city and its neighboring towns, valuable commodity on an island known for prized beaches, lavish homes and natural beauty.

State and county lawyers told New York's top court Thursday that officials can tax Indian cigarettes and prosecute sellers of untaxed smokes.

Fed up with growing gang violence, Montana tribal leaders this weekend will start the first-ever American Indian reservation chapter of the Guardian Angels.