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Citing frustration and failed promises, the Blackfeet Tribal Council told IHS “Your visit would be hollow” and that travel funds “could be put to better use for Indian tribes.”

When people in Crow Agency see Rep. Sharon Stewart Peregoy around town and ask her how the legislative session went, she tells them, “It was terrible.”

"The idea is to recognize Native American veterans across the country," Rounds said.

MAY 11, 2023: U.S. Senators Mike Rounds of South Dakota (R-S.D.) and Ben Ray Lujn of New Mexico (D-N.M.), memb...

South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds has introduced bipartisan legislation to establish a Congressional charter for the National American Indian Veterans group. It’s the third year Rounds and New Mexico Democratic co-sponsor Ben Ray Lujan have submitted the legislation.

Just before being shot, Bordeaux had been tased, handcuffed, pepper sprayed and possibly struck on the head by police, according to the wrongful death suit.

There has not been a single Native American political appointee to the Department of Justice despite repeated campaign promises to focus on the crisis of public safety in Indian Country.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in a case with major implications for how water from the drought-stricken Colorado River is shared and how the U.S. government honors obligations to Native American tribes.

Bison could soon return to the Great Plains and other areas of the U.S. through a new restoration and resilience framework, incorporating native tribes to restore the iconic species.

“The Department’s historic funding for bison has been de minimis, and today’s Secretarial Order starts to correct that historic inequity," said Rep. Marvin Weatherwax of Browning.