Politicians Go Courting on Indian Reservations
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In the last few years, political races from Congress to county sheriff have begun to hinge on the American Indian vote.
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By Deborah Bulkeley Deseret Morning News  In an effort to curb increasing unauthorized visitation to tribal lands, the Confederated Tribe of the Goshute Reservation has passed a law against trespassing.
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Thousands of Colombia's indigenous Indians call on rebels and paramilitaries to respect their lands.
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After raising record sums to win high office, the region's politicians are preparing to party -- and again looking for someone to pick up the costs.
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Tribal leaders from five of South Dakota's American Indian reservations met with Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on Sunday to discuss problems on their reservations and ask for federal protection for their sacred Bear Butte.
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Legislation to make English the state's official language has run into opposition from American Indians, who say their native tongues are dying fast enough without any help from lawmakers.
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Modernisers and traditionalists are competing for the soul of the party.
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Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are aggressively pursuing members of the group that could be tiebreakers at their partyâs convention.
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By S.E. Ruckman, Tulsa World, Okla.  May 31--The Osage Nation will hold three hearings to discuss proposed tribal legislation that would establish the Osage Nation Environmental and Natural Resources Department and an Environmental and Natural Resources Commission.
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Throughout Indian country, tribal officials are turning to charter schools as their best opportunity to reach a generation of Indian students who've dropped out or drifted through traditional public schools.
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One small town provides a snapshot of an electorate riven by tribal infighting
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One Republican senator described his house painter as a "little Guatemalan man." Another called an Indian man a "macaca," a type of monkey.
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As the courts mull whether to rerun the election, lines sharpen along the country's east-west divide.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may have beaten back ballot measures aimed at expanding gambling in California, but he hasn't succeeded in striking deals with a majority of casino-owning American Indian tribes to share revenue.
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Sacramento -- Backers of a ballot initiative that aims to end Native Americans&#39; exclusive hold on the state&#39;s booming casino industry filed suit against Gov.
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With the presidential election four months away, candidates are working to seduce alienated and disadvantaged ethnic populations.
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By Dick Morris Is A Former Political Consultant. His Column Runs Thursdays In The, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Dec.