tribal sovereignty

Garcia was a former two-time president of the National Congress of American Indians, which describes itself as the oldest and largest organization of American Indian and Alaska Native governments.

Indigenous leaders called on Congress to reverse a Supreme Court ruling that expands the state’s ability to prosecute crimes on tribal lands.

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding state authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American land is upending decades of law in support of tribal sovereignty.

A divided Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that states can prosecute non-Natives for crimes against Native people on tribal lands, a ruling that critics called a "disaster" for tribal sovereignty and an "act of conquest."

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and his administration are honoring the life of former long-time Farm Board President and food sovereignty advocate, Dorothy Bitsilly. The Tribe reports she died Wednesday at the age of 93.

First lady Jill Biden has wrapped up her two-day visit to the Navajo Nation. The reservation has a higher COVID-19 vaccination rate that most states after…

Navajo Nation leaders say their sovereignty has been violated with the execution Wednesday of a tribal member by the U-S government. Lezmond Mitchell was…

The only Native American on federal death row was executed Wednesday at the prison in Terre Haute, Ind.Navajo tribal member Lezmond Mitchell’s execution…

The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that a woman who was severely injured on a rafting trip through the Grand Canyon can proceed with a lawsuit against…