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Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) is introducing a bill designed to prevent convicted child sex abuser Stanley Patrick Weber from receiving his federal pension (Photo: video screenshot)

Federal elected leaders and administration officials work to deny a convicted child sex abuser of his federal pension

Indian Country Today is set to expand coverage in Alaska

A bi-partisan bill aims to better coordinate federal missing and murdered Indigenous women prevention efforts

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American Indian Month celebrations start off with a parade in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo-American Indian Month MN 2019, Facebook)

Pipeline opponents prepare for Keystone XL water permit hearing

Senators examine 2020 budget proposal for Indian Health Service

Minnesota American Indian Month celebration kicks off with parade

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North Dakota Representative Ruth Buffalo. (Screenshot)

Work continues on Native American voting rights issues in North Dakota

Native community and some politicians want to keep Bde Maka Ska name

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A signing ceremony is held for a New Mexico executive order to protect land in the Great Chaco region. (Photo-New Mexico Indian Affairs Department, Facebook)

Maine replaces Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day

North Dakota tribes work on 2020 Census outreach efforts

New Mexico’s land office signs order to protect sacred land

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Natalie Stites Means is running for mayor of Rapid City, S.D. She’s one of five Native women running for city office (Photo: Natalie Stites Means for Mayor Facebook)

Two tribes say Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy and his administration aren’t doing enough to consult with Native leaders on big issues facing the state

A record number of Native women are running for city council in Rapid City, South Dakota

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No members appointed to a Utah advisory panel for Bears Ears National Monument supports the monument designation (Photo: Tim Peterson)

Montana’s Native American graduation rate dropped slightly last year

Officials plan to repatriate remains taken from San Nicholas Island to at least four California tribes

A new committee named to manage the Bears Ears National Monument includes no one who supported the monument designation

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Rena Newell, non-voting representative to the Maine Legislature from the Passamoquoddy Tribe speaks in favor of bill eliminating Native mascots in public schools (Photo: screenshot)

New Mexico is committing more than three million dollars to boost census participation, especially on tribal lands and rural areas.

The Maine House of Representatives passed a bill banning the use of mascots or imagery related to Native Americans in schools

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Investigators with the U.S. Department of Education examine claims of racial discrimination in Montana. (Photo-Wolf Point Public Schools)

Investigators meet with Native students in Montana about discrimination claims

Federal government report examines tribal consultation on infrastructure projects

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A table full of single-side earrings represents Indigenous women who’ve been abducted or murdered.  (Photo-Brian Bull)

Traveling exhibit of single earrings represents missing and murdered Indigenous women

Investigation begins on allegations of discrimination against Native students in Montana