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The Pacific smelt, a small silvery fish that was a staple of Northwest American Indian tribes when the Lewis and Clark expedition arrived, is getting federal protection because it's been declining toward extinction due to global warming and other factors.

A federal appeals court has thrown out the convictions of two Montana men whose Indian heritage had affected how they were charged.

The operators of Connecticut's two casinos say their slot machine revenue continued its slide in February compared with the same month in 2009.

The Crow Tribe is considering buying or leasing Hardin's long-vacant Two Rivers Detention Center and turning it into a drug and alcohol treatment facility.

We know what Alaskans are dying from — mostly diseases such as cancer, heart disease, strokes and respiratory disease, plus injuries and suicide. But why are we dying in those ways?

Their kingdom long ago overthrown, Native Hawaiians seeking redress are closer than they've ever been to reclaiming a piece of Hawaii.

Only Ohio and Native American tribes in Washington and Oregon have so far met the deadline to comply with a federal law passed nearly three years ago to coordinate and expand sex offender registration nationwide, a U.S. Justice Department official said Wednesday.

The former vice chairman of the Eastern Pequot tribe has been sentenced to 28 months in prison for illegally giving his convicted felon cousin guns to pay off what authorities say was a drug debt.

Making more arrests and throwing more offenders behind bars will not bring an end to the crimes against children and other violence that is plaguing many of the nation's American Indian communities, a federal official for Indian affairs said Tuesday.

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are increasing the payouts for this year's Flathead Lake trout fishing tournament in an effort to entice more anglers and reduce the lake trout population.

Federal prosecutors in Utah say that despite the death of an undercover informant they'll move ahead with cases against more than 20 people charged after a long-running artifacts looting investigation.

A plan by a southern Arizona Indian tribe to build a casino and resort in the Phoenix area has divided tribes, split cities and is now sparking a debate at the Legislature about tribal sovereignty.

The deadline for Congress to approve funding for a $3.4 billion Indian trust settlement has been pushed back again.

One of the nation's best known and most prosperous American Indian tribes will soon have a new public face: that of a woman, its first female tribal chief in almost 300 years.

An opposition group within Montana's Little Shell Tribe said Friday it will push ahead with a Saturday election for a new council, despite efforts by sitting tribal officials to discredit the vote.

The prosecution of the largest-ever American Indian artifacts looting case has been rattled by the apparent suicide of the government informant who broke open the investigation during more than two years of undercover work.

Representatives from the state's two Indian tribes warned legislators Tuesday that Gov. M. Jodi Rell's proposal to have the lottery corporation offer the keno game could violate the state's agreement with the tribes, risking its share of slot machine revenues.

A Maine tribal governor said Tuesday he is aiming to get a referendum on the November statewide ballot asking voters to allow a tribal casino in eastern Maine.

Wilma Mankiller, considered one of the most influential Native Americans in America and the first female chief of a major tribe, has been diagnosed with stage IV metastatic pancreatic cancer, according to Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chad Smith.

Wisconsin schools that refuse to drop American Indian logos or mascots that the state superintendent deems discriminatory could face thousands of dollars in forfeitures under a bill the state Assembly approved Thursday.