MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Montana lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow Native American tribal governments to take out loans from the state Coal Tax Fund for ...

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut state senator says Mohegan Tribal Council Chairman Kevin Brown has submitted his resignation citing undisclosed personal reasons.

Democratic Sprague Sen. Cathy Osten told

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed claims against a Nevada Indian tribal government over a disputed horse roundup in Washoe County.

The Reno Gazette-Journal

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Missoula County is the latest among a slate of city, county, state and tribal governments in Montana to sue drug companies over the nation’s opioid crisis.

The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Missoula on Tuesday accuses more than 20 drug manufacturers and ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A Navajo Nation energy company studying the purchase of a coal-fired power plant on the reservation says it’s looking into the mine that supplies it, too.

The tribal government asked the Navajo Transitional Energy Company in October to look into acquiring the Navajo ...

HAVRE, Mont. (AP) — Officials say about half of the tribal employees at the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in northern Montana will be furloughed because of the partial U.S. government shutdown.

The Havre Daily News

DOWAGIAC, Mich. (AP) — The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians is investing $25 million to expand health services in southwestern Michigan.

The project is expanding the Pokagon Health Services’ Rodgers Lake campus, the

INDIAN TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) — Four American Indian groups in Maine will receive more than $400,000 from the federal government to respond to the impact of the opioid epidemic in native communities.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is sending the money for substance abuse ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Native American voting rights group says it will work to ensure that all Native Americans in North Dakota can vote in November despite a voter identification requirement that many see as a hurdle.

The group Four Directions, led by members of South Dakota’s Rosebud ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The president of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe is planning to resign this week, citing “obstacles and opposition at every step by the legislative branch” of the tribal government.

The Billings Gazette

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. government officials say the Fort Peck tribes owe $435,000 after mismanaging grant money meant to help poor people pay for their home energy use.

The Billings Gazette

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — President Donald Trump has approved a disaster declaration for parts of Minnesota hit by severe storms and flooding from June 15 to July 11.

The declaration announced late Wednesday, which

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The tribal-owned and operated Kah-nee-ta Resort & Spa will close for good Wednesday.

The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the Confederated Tribes of ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is inviting nonprofit organizations, communities, state departments and tribal governments to apply for funding for recreational trails.

The agency is accepting proposals until Oct. 31 for the ...

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey will chair an advisory committee to the Federal Communications Committee on telecommunications issues.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on Wednesday announced that Ducey will chair the 30-member Intergovernmental Advisory Committee. An executive order in January ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The federal government has awarded grants totaling more than $47 million to help homeless veterans find jobs.

Recipients in Tennessee were awarded more than $906,000, Kentucky awards totaled almost $775,000 and West Virginia will receive $165,000.

The Labor ...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana is about to enter another potentially severe fire season with a paltry $4 million in a firefighting reserve fund after paying the bills from last year’s record-setting summer, officials said Thursday.

Gov. Steve Bullock listened as fire officials from local, ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation president’s daughter is facing drunken driving charges after authorities say she struck another vehicle south of Flagstaff.

Karis Begaye serves as her father’s chief legal counsel in the tribal government.

The Arizona Department of Public ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Navajo Nation is opposing attempts to disqualify a state judge from oversight of a decades-old water dispute in the San Juan River Basin.

In court filings Monday, attorneys for the Navajo Nation said accusations are unfounded that Judge James Wechsler previously ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed legislation designed to ensure that Native American tribes in Michigan have access to state child protection records.

Snyder says in a statement that the legislation signed Tuesday “furthers our partnership with tribal governments ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — The value of cultural heritage continues to outweigh the entrepreneurial potential of heirloom produce among tribal members, Cherokee Nation Secretary of State Chuck Hoskin Jr. said.

The tribal government’s seed bank is distributing seeds again this month, the 10th ...

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A Rocky Boy woman has pleaded guilty to defrauding a Montana tribe’s construction company.

The Great Falls Tribune

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — President Donald Trump has approved federal disaster relief for damage caused by an October windstorm that knocked out power for half of Maine’s population.

In a statement issued Tuesday, the White House says federal funding is available to the state, tribal ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A draft legislative bill sets the framework for American Indian tribes in North Dakota to levy state sales taxes on their reservations and keep a yet-to-be-determined share of the collections.

The bill, which would allow tribal leaders to enter into a tax agreement ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Fur trappers are asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit from wildlife advocates who want to block the export of bobcat pelts from the United States.

Attorneys for trapping organizations said in recent court filings that the lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota officials announced Friday that $16.6 million in federal grant money will go toward addiction prevention, treatment and other efforts designed to combat a rising number of opioid-related overdoses and deaths in the state.

The money will go to more than 30 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The state’s top lawyer released a legal opinion Friday saying that, despite some misconceptions, Alaska Native tribes have sovereignty and legally exist in the state.

State Attorney General Jahna Lindemuth wrote the opinion at the request of Gov. Bill Walker, who ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Gov. Doug Burgum says state health and law enforcement agencies are being trained to use medication that reverses effects of opioids like heroin and oxycodone.

Burgum says a $2 million federal grant will be used for the training.

Burgum last month signed an ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Tribal officials are urging Crow Agency residents not to drink or touch the water after one or more vandals shot up, smashed and burned the area’s water treatment facility, causing an estimated $1 million in damage.

Candy Felicia, director of the Crow Tribe’s Water ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Thousands of landowners on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation have been sent purchase offers through a federal program to return land on reservations to tribal control.

The buyback program was initiated by the Obama administration and has spent more than $1.2 billion ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park biologists say bison numbers are down from last year after its largest cull in nearly a decade.

Parks spokesman Jonathan Shafer said in an email that biologists’ surveys counted about 4,800 bison that live in the park, 700 less than last ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — The secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is in Oklahoma to meet with members of the Pawnee and Cherokee nations.

Secretary Tom Price began a three-day visit to Oklahoma Tuesday as part of the federal agency’s integral relationship with ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Two Alaska tribal communities are hoping to take advantage of a policy change that allows for land to be placed into federal trust.

The Gwichyaa Zhee Gwich’in Tribal Government for the village of Fort Yukon, located northeast of Fairbanks, submitted a request to ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Supreme Court has upheld Alaska Native tribes’ sovereign immunity from state courts in a recently released decision.

The tribes’ rights were challenged during a legal dispute between two tribal governments out of Juneau, KTOO-FM reported ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Several American Indian tribes in the Dakotas are eligible for a federal program to return land on reservations to tribal control.

The buyback program was initiated by the Obama administration and has already spent $1.2 billion to purchase parcels of land with ...

ST. REGIS INDIAN RESERVATION, N.Y. (AP) — A summit on issues faced by tribal governments by the U.S.-Canada border will be held next month in Minnesota.

The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe in northern New York on Thursday helped announce the “Northern Tribal Border Summit” for Indian nation ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has proclaimed a statewide fire and drought emergency because of extremely dry conditions.

Burgum on Monday ordered all state agencies to maintain high levels of readiness. The executive order activates the state emergency operations plan ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan lawmaker has introduced legislation that would ban the use of the Redskins mascot for public schools in the state.

Republican state Sen. Wayne Schmidt of Traverse City serves Michigan’s 37th Senate District, which covers the northwest part of the Lower ...

LYNDEN, Wash. (AP) — Federal regulators have ordered the Nooksack Tribe to close its only remaining casino in the latest fallout from a controversy concerning the tribal government’s efforts to disenroll close to 300 people.

The National Indian Gaming Commission on Thursday ordered the ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A southeast Alaska regional tribal government is taking one step closer to self-sufficiency.

In an effort to protect itself from federal budget cuts, the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska is exploring new business ventures, CoastAlaska News ...

SEATTLE (AP) — President Donald Trump has approved a disaster declaration for Washington state to address damage from late January and February storms that brought flooding, landslides and mudslides.

The action, in response to a request from Gov. Jay Inslee, makes federal funding available ...