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Justice Department Listening Conference — Will it Help Indian Country
Below is a release from the Department of Justice regarding a tribal nations listening conference. We’d like to hear from anyone who was part of the last Justice Deparment listening conference — the one described in the last paragraph of …
Keweenaw Bay Tribal Member Sentenced for Theft of Tribal Property
The Department of Justice reports that Robert Charles Genschow, Sr., 60, of L’Anse, Mich., was sentenced on July 7 to 10 months in
Tribal Leader in Arizona Pleads Guilty to Theft of Tribal Funds
Evelyn James, a Tribal Council member of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe in Arizona, pleaded guilty on July 1 to false statements, theft from a tribal government
Feds Bust Network Trafficking in Stolen Native Artifacts
Twelve indictments charging 24 defendants with violations of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (
Former Navajo Housing CEO Indicted
Former Navajo Housing Authority CEO Chester Carl was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in Nevada on charges of conspiracy, bribery, and embezzlement. The charges are related
$248 million Available for Indian Country Criminal Justice
Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli announced today that more than $248 million is available for Tribes to assist with addressing the Indian Country’s criminal justice needs. These
Alleged Criminals Escape Prosecution on Reservations
Yesterday the Great Falls Tribune reported on alleged sex offenders and other alleged criminals who have safe haven on the Blackfeet Reservation because law enforcement officials from
Four In 10 Indian Country Jail Inmates Were Held For a Violent Offense
At midyear 2007, an estimated four in 10 inmates in Indian Country jails were confined for a violent offense, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice
BIA hopes more police and community policing will ease crime on reservations
A surge of police officers and a concept known as community policing is having results on the Standing Rock reservation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs is hoping
