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Roadblocks planned during graduation season
(ARIZONA) -- It's graduation time, which means celebrations and parties, which means the Navajo police will be out in force during the next few weeks with roadblocks checking for drunk drivers.
Police say woman charged in Nambe killing took anti-anxiety medications
(NEW MEXICO) -- A Nambe woman charged with murdering her mother earlier this week "has mental problems" and was taking an anti-anxiety prescription drug at the time of the killing, according to a police report.
Tribe leadership denies rumor of homicide, but police are investigating report of child rape
(IDAHO) -- Officials in Lapwai respond Thursday to rumors of a Tuesday night homicide. Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee Chairman Sam Penney released a statement calling the rumors "false and inaccurate."
Man shot and killed after deputies come under fire on Soboba Indian Reservation
(CALIFORNIA) -- Riverside County sheriff's deputies patrolling the Soboba Indian Reservation shot and killed a man at about midnight after police said they came under gunfire.
Transgender killer torn with guilt, searching still for identity
(LAS VEGAS) -- The hairdresser who bleached Raven Navajo’s roots in jail wasn’t given much time or many tools, so the result was more mine shaft canary than blond — dingy yellow hair fried so thin it seemed to float on static electricity.
Soboba member killed in gun battle with deputies
(CALIFORNIA) -- An early-morning gun battle with sheriff's deputies left a member of a prominent Soboba tribal family dead Thursday, prompting authorities to seal off the rustic reservation all day and frustrating the tribal chairman.
Former Brooklynite Runs Into Hot Water on Indian Reservation / Man Who Married Into Tribe Guilty on Gun, Smuggling Charges
(NEW YORK) -- The owner of an Indian reservation smoke shop found guilty last week of being a major supplier of black market cigarettes has also been convicted of a weapons possession charge by the same federal jury.
Ex-councilman from Pine Ridge admits N.M. drug charge
(SOUTH DAKOTA) -- Don Garnier and a co-defendant were arrested in September after officers found 21 pounds of marijuana in the trunk of their car. Garnier said he didn't know the pot was there.
Teen held in fatal reservation fire
(SOUTH DAKOTA) -- An 18-year-old man from Cherry Creek, in west-central South Dakota, is being held in connection with a house fire that killed two children under suspicious circumstances.
Manitoba girl, 14, rolled vehicle packed with younger kids: RCMP
(MANITOBA) -- A 14-year-old girl is likely to face charges after she allegedly took five younger children for a joyride in a stolen car, the RCMP said Tuesday.
Man convicted of attack, cleared of hate crime
(NEW MEXICO) -- A man accused of attacking another in a hotel room for beinggay was convicted by a jury of kidnapping and aggravated battery Tuesday,but the jury said the attack was not rooted in hate.
Convicted NY Indian reservation cigarette dealer to appeal
(NEW YORK) -- An Indian reservation smoke shop owner convicted of being a major supplier of black market cigarettes also has been found guilty of a weapons charge.
Bogus tribe claims to be Wampanoags
(MASSACHUSETTS) -- A federal judge has ordered four Utah men to stop fraudulently claiming they are members of the "Wampanoag Nation." The men were ordered to pay $63,000 in damages to Uintah County, retribution for a host of lawsuits the self-proclaimed "chiefs" filed against Utah authorities for ignoring their purported sovereignty.
Officials release sketch in Okmulgee homicide case
(OKLAHOMA) -- The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has released a sketch of a person that authorities want to question in the death of an Okmulgee woman last week.
Poospatuck smoke shop owner guilty of gun charge
(NEW YORK) -- A Long Island Indian reservation cigarette baron was found guilty yesterday of being a felon in possession of a gun, but his attorney said that like other federal charges brought against him, that too is more smoke than substance.
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