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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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