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Bison along Rose Creek in Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park (photo: NPS, Neal Herbert)

South Dakota wants to impose work requirements for Medicaid seekers, including Native Americans

Columbia River Treaty renegotiation process kicks off without tribal representation

The National Park Service launches a program to relocate bison from Yellowstone to tribal lands

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Brown Bear in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. (Photo by Public Domain)

Tribal leaders denounce Wyoming’s decision to allow grizzly bear hunting

U.S. Supreme Court decision involving the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe could have implications for tribal sovereign immunity

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Paulette Jordan, a Coeur d’Alene tribal member, is the first Native American to win the Democratic primary in Idaho’s gubernatorial race. (Photo: Lee David Zahir, Representative Paulette Jordan Facebook page)

Wisconsin Supreme Court backs the Ho-Chunk Nation against concrete company in a dispute over burial mounds

Coeur d’Alene tribal member is optimistic about Idaho gubernatorial run after winning Democratic primary

Northern Minnesota pipeline still under consideration after governor vetoes fast-track provision

Tribes and New Mexico lawmakers seek to permanently protect Chaco Canyon buffer zone from oil and gas development

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The Carpinteria area in southern California is a place of archaeological and historical importance to the Chumash people. (photo: Ken Lund, Flickr Creative Commons)

Tribal librarians back legislation intended to improve rural tribal Internet access

The California agency in charge of coastal issues finally unveils its tribal consultation policy

Rod Lewis, attorney who negotiated massive tribal water settlement for Gila River community, dies at age 77

Brewery controversy prompts Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to regulate commercial use of culturally important names

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NCAI Vice President Aaron Payment testifies before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee about President Trump’s proposed 2019 budget, April 11, 2018.

Tribal leaders criticize Trump’s proposed budget for severe cuts to BIA programs

The Navajo Nation files suit over opioid addiction

Minnesota lawmakers seek to study the problem of missing and murdered Native women

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A large male Chinook salmon returns to a California creek to spawn. (Photo: California Sea Grant Flickr)

The Yurok Tribe awaits a decision in California federal court that could affect vulnerable salmon populations

A Wisconsin tribe joins the growing list of tribes suing over opioid drug addiction

Maine lawmakers reject a tribal gaming proposal

On Equal Pay Day, advocates highlight bigger wage gap for Native women

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N. Scott Momaday and his daughter, Jill (Photo: Barb Odell)

The Alaska Federation of Natives changes the way it endorses presidential candidates

A Michigan appeals court rules a former tribal official is not eligible to run for city council

Kiowa writer N. Scott Momaday receives a lifetime achievement award

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Jefferson Keel (left) won the run-off election for NCAI President. Fawn Sharp (not pictured) and Harold Frazier (right) were the other candidates. (photo: Facebook, Frazier for NCAI President)

Jefferson Keel of the Chickasaw Nation addresses the National Congress of American Indians as its new president

Tribal casinos help those displaced by fires in California

A Crow man appeals tribal hunting case to the Supreme Court

An Oglala Lakota writer sells Native American sitcom to Fox

Miami University honors relationship with Miami Tribe of Oklahoma with new logo

A Micmac tribal member is asking Wells High School to investigate an incident of racist behavior at a football game. (photo: MaineToday Media)

National Congress of American Indians presidential election goes to a run-off

The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe sues Microsoft and Amazon for patent infringement

A judge acquits a journalist on trial in connection with Dakota Access Pipeline protests

A Maine high school investigates allegations of racist behavior at a football game

An Albuquerque gallery owner faces jail time for selling counterfeit Native-style jewelry

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Narragansett Indian Tribe elder Darlene Monroe (second from left) organized a protest that included other tribal members. They’re speaking out against a plan to designate water from the tribe as a back-up cooling source for a Burrillville, R.I. power plant. (Photo: Avory Brookins/Rhode Island Public Radio).

A Northern Cheyenne leadership dispute continues after the BIA backs the tribal council that ousted the president

A former tribal chairman in North Dakota is in custody amid accusations of misconduct

A payday lender who partnered with tribes faces prison time for racketeering

Narragansett tribal members protest a proposed water sale to a natural gas company

For an extended version of this story, see Rhode Island Public Radio.