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The Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus (aka Northwest Jesuits) has agreed to a settlement that would pay $166 million to approx. 524 victims of

The Alaska Supreme Court ruled last week that tribes share jurisdiction with the state in most child custody issues, as reported on March 7 by the

While most college students are spending Spring Break partying in Florida, a group of students from the Wake Forest University School of Law are in southeastern North

To get around bans and interest rate caps, payday lenders are looking more and more to Indian tribes, which can offer them protection from lawsuits and regulation, as

This week, President Obama nominated Arvo Mikkanen (Kiowa) to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma. Once confirmed by the Senate, he will be

The Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas did not waive its sovereignty by agreeing in an employee handbook that it would comply with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act,

The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska is asking the Nebraska Supreme Court to restore its protection from lawsuits, as reported in an AP piece published by GreenwichTime.com on

U.S. District Judge Thomas  F. Hogan has given preliminary approval to the $3.4 billion Cobell Settlement, the class-action lawsuit over the government's mismanagement of Native American trust

The Blackfeet Tribal Court has ruled that the tribe must repair or replace more than 100 homes ridden with toxic black mold, according to a