Brown University has transferred 255 acres of land in Rhode Island to the Pokanoket Indian Tribe, recognizing the area’s cultural and historical significance. This action follows a 2017 agreement between …
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RAPID CITY, S.D. — A federal grand jury has indicted Mason Big Crow, 50, of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, on charges of larceny, embezzlement, and theft from an Indian tribal …
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HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — The third annual Patriot’s PT event, organized by Lady Blue & Gold in partnership with Tribe Fitness Challenge, took place on October 19 at the Sawmill …
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Native Tribe Gives Special Permission For School To Keep ‘Warriors’ Nickname After Statewide Ban Alexa Schwerha on May 18, 2023 The Salamanca City Central School District, located in New York, …
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First Native American Interior Secretary At War With Tribe Over Oil And Gas Drilling Trevor Schakohl on May 3, 2023 The Navajo Nation Council voted against the plans of Interior …
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‘Held Hostage’: Landowners Sue Indian Tribe Over Road Blockades In Neighborhood Katelynn Richardson on March 2, 2023 Nearly 40 Wisconsin landowners filed a federal lawsuit against a local American Indian …
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Biden Admin ‘Black History Month’ Event Features Land Acknowledgement Of Slave-Owning Tribe John Hugh DeMastri on February 28, 2023 A guest at a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) “Black History …
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Oregon Woman Sentenced to Federal Probation After Stealing and Crashing Vehicle Belonging to Tribe
by DOJ PressEUGENE, Ore.—A former employee of the Burns Paiute Tribe was sentenced to federal probation today after she stole and crashed a vehicle owned by the Tribe used to transport students …
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Former Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Chairman and Architecture Firm Owner Sentenced in Bribery Case
by DOJ PressBOSTON – The former Chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the owner of an architecture-and-design firm in Providence, R.I. were sentenced today for bribery relating to the Tribe’s plans …
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Former Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Chairman and Architecture Firm Owner Convicted of Bribery
by DOJ PressBOSTON – The former Chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the owner of an architecture-and-design firm in Providence, R.I. were convicted today by a federal jury in connection with …
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Former Executive Officer of the Southern Ute Tribe Sentenced to 13.5 Years in Prison for Sexually Assaulting a Child
by DOJ PressDURANGO – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that McKean Walton, age 52, of Ignacio, Colorado, was sentenced to 13.5 years in federal prison, followed …
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Member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe sentenced to two years in federal prison for domestic assault
by DOJ PressALBUQERQUE, N.M. – Drew Beck, 36, of Mescalero, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, was sentenced in federal court on Oct. 4 to two years …
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Former Tribal Police Chief Admits to Stealing More than $300,000 from Local Tribe by Selling Fake Badges
by DOJ PressAssistant U. S. Attorney Andrew J. Galvin (619) 546-9721 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – October 25, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Anthony Reyes Vazquez pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that …