Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tribal courts can now prosecute all people accused of sexually assaulting and trafficking Native Americans on tribal lands. They ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (photo/smsccourt.org) A new legislative initiative aimed at enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of tribal courts was ...

On Monday, the Dollar General Corporation—a huge chain-store enterprise with revenues of nearly $19 billion and more than 100,000 employees—will ask the Supreme Court to hold that none of America’s ...

As the fentanyl crisis ravages Native American communities, some of their leaders want tribal police and courts to go after non-tribal dealers.... Tribal courts can't prosecute non-Native drug ...

This program provides an introductory primer for state court judges to the world of courts of the 573 federally-recognized Indian Tribes and how they address impaired driving an dother traffic ...

For the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the Qualla Boundary is also home to a justice system many people outside the tribe ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously against a man challenging the power of Indian tribal courts in a criminal case, possibly signalling trouble for Dollar General in its attempt to avoid a trial ...

American Indian tribal courts will retain the authority to hear suits from tribal members against non-tribal businesses, after a 4-4 split in the Supreme Court. Dollar General v. Mississippi Band of ...

The sovereignty of the people of Southeast Alaska factored heavily into Tlingit and Haida’s lunchtime chat as participants talked about the tribal court system. “We keep talking about our tribal ...

In the village of Kasaan on Prince of Wales Island, the issues of missing and murdered Native women are much closer to home than the nearest courtroom. Marina Rose Anderson, the vice president and ...