Seattle police have questions about fatal shooting by officer
(WASHINGTON) -- Seattle police Tuesday offered different details of Monday's fatal shooting of a homeless man by a patrol officer, with commanders saying they now don't know if the man advanced toward the officer with a knife as police originally reported.
NM man convicted of assaulting federal officer
(COLORADO) -- A federal jury has convicted a New Mexico man of assaulting a federal officer in a Colorado jail. A jury announced the verdict Thursday against 46-year-old Ronald Romero of Gallup, a member of the Nambe Pueblo tribe.
Community in shock after shooting of Nuu-chah-nulth carver
(WASHINGTON) -- A community is shocked and in mourning after one of their members was gunned down by Seattle police. Dididaht First Nation member John T. Williams, 50, was shot and killed on Monday by a Seattle Police Department officer.
N.M. man convicted in Four Corners jail assault
(COLORADO) -- A New Mexico man faces up to 20 years in prison after a jury of Durango today found him guilty of attacking a guard at a Ute Mountain Ute Reservation jail in Montezuma County in 2008.
Embezzler's sentence is doubled
(MINNESOTA) -- From 2003 to 2008, the Heart of the Earth charter school in Minneapolis lacked funding for such basics as field trips and updated science and computer labs while Executive Director Joel Pourier stole more than $1 million to buy expensive cars and support his mistresses.
Native women 'disappear' in Canada
(CANADA) -- As human rights activists around the world marked the International Day of the Disappeared by focusing on Peru, Iraq, Nepal and Mexico, Leslie Spillett sat in her office in Winnipeg, contemplating the fate of more than 500 indigenous women who have disappeared in Canada.
Pickton: Public inquiry needed
(ONTARIO) -- While Vancouver Police didn't exactly try to make a silk purse from the sow's ear that was the collective botch job of the hunt for murderous pig farmer Robert Pickton, they didn't dodge the need for a public inquiry.
Former charter school head sentenced to 10 years
(MINNESOTA) -- The former director of a charter school that served poor inner-city American Indian children has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for swindling nearly $1.4 million from the school.
Suit alleges abuse at SD tribal detention center
(SOUTH DAKOTA) -- A boy's guardian has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the federal government alleging the child was branded with a hot nail and sexually assaulted by another boy while being held at a tribal detention center.
Third Suspect Arrested in Kidnapping Case
(WISCONSIN) -- Three of four suspects accused of kidnapping and beating James Office are now in police custody. The latest arrest came Sunday night when Kevin Kaquatosh surrendered to Menominee Tribal Police.
National call for inquiry into deaths of hundreds of Native women
(VANCOUVER) -- The “Missing Women Investigation Review” released by the Vancouver Police Department Aug. 20 documented widespread deficiencies in investigations of missing and murdered women – no surprise to families who’d been filing reports for more than two decades.
Kaquatosh Surrenders to Tribal Police
(WISCONSIN) -- One of the two men at-large in connection to the severe beating and stabbing of James Office has surrendered to Menonimee Tribal Police.
Suit alleges abuse at SD tribal detention center
(SOUTH DAKOTA) -- A boy's guardian has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the federal government alleging the child was branded with a hot nail and sexually assaulted by another boy while being held at a tribal detention center.
Response to domestic violence improved
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- An innovative program funded by two federal agencies, and implemented by some of the nation’s leading domestic violence organizations, showed dramatic success at improving the health system’s response to domestic violence at Indian, tribal and urban health care facilities across the United States.
Feds seize marijuana crop on trust land
(OKLAHOMA) -- A division of the Bureau of Indian Affairs worked with Oklahoma law and drug enforcement officers Aug. 11 to halt a drug operation discovered by a lease holder looking for lost livestock.
OP/ED: Peterson commended for support of tribal law
(MINNESOTA) -- I commend Rep. Collin Peterson for his vote to pass H.R. 725 — the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010. This historic, bipartisan legislation will help end the epidemic level of sexual violence and rape against native American and Alaska native women in the United States.
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