The Bureau of Indian Affairs has proposed revising the regulations governing the acquisition of land into trust for Indian tribes. The proposed revisions, if adopted, would streamline the fee-to-trust ...

After working against tribal nations as California’s attorney general, she’s now in a position to advance the fight for their sovereignty. On Tuesday, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden ...

After six years, a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the federal government on behalf of hundreds of thousands of American Indians may be nearing its end. The suit, filed by Elouise Cobell, a ...

Last week, the Obama administration offered $3.4 billion to settle the long running Cobell Indian Trust lawsuit. The offer still has to be approved by Congress, but if it is, the settlement will bring ...

Over the last few years, the Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) updated the federal regulations on leases and rights-of-way on Indian trust land. Important tax provisions were ...

In light of several crippling cybersecurity attacks that paralyzed entire companies and went to the extent of adversely affecting multiple federal agencies, the Biden administration had, on the 12th ...

This story was published in partnership with High Country News. Before Jon Eagle Sr. began working for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, he was an equine therapist for over 36 years, linking horses with ...

Ten years ago a lawsuit by a group of Native Americans prompted a judge to order the Interior Department to investigate nearly a century of financial dealings involving Indian Trust Funds. As Frank ...