The Trump administration has proposed cutting funding for tribal colleges and universities by nearly 90%, a move that would likely shut down most or all of the institutions created to serve ...

Idaho News Families left reeling after two Bureau of Indian Affairs shootings — one in Idaho By Melanie Henshaw InvestigateWest May 18, 2025 4:00 AM ...

Bureau of Indian Affairs keeps mum after fatal police shootings on Duck Valley, Fort McDermitt reservations By Melanie Henshaw (InvestigateWest) May 18, 2025 6 a.m.

Mary Steurer South Dakota Searchlight FORT YATES, N.D. – Leaders of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe asked governors of North Dakota and South Dakota for help Monday as they face uncertainties with ...

FORT YATES, N.D. – Leaders of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe asked governors of North Dakota and South Dakota for help Monday as they face uncertainties with federal funding under President ...

Governor Doug Burgum: Well, I think, Kim, for me on this task, having stepped in as governor of North Dakota, elected in 2016. Then two weeks later the legislature started, and we had a $1.7 ...

Leaders of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe asked governors of North Dakota and South Dakota for help Monday as they face uncertainties with federal funding under President Donald Trump. The comments ...

The tribe needs more funding and staff from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, as well as fewer restrictions on access to federal land and the Missouri River, to name a few, she said. “I told Secretary ...

The Mohegan Tribe will be able to exercise greater control over economic development with federal approval of its HEARTH Act regulations. The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) approved the tribe’s ...

Davis served as the state Indian Affairs executive director for 12 years under three governors, including Burgum. He left the post in 2021 to take a job as the head of Native American outreach ...

Amid widespread terminations of its employees, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is trying to put the focus back on a critical issue facing tribes and their communities. In a news release on Thursday ...

North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven, a Republican, said Burgum had the support of more than 185 tribes. Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren was one of those leaders.