Native Americans


ZUNI, N.M. - Zuni silversmith Tony Eriacho stands behind tables of American Indian jewelry and crafts that are not what they seem.

SAN FRANCISCO - For more than two hours on the night of May 16, 2007, Shane Maggi terrorized a Native American couple at their home on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana, pistol whipping them and firing bullets above the husband's head.

BUFFALO, N.Y. - A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked New York state's plans to tax cigarette sales by two American Indian nations to non-Indian customers while the tribes challenge the policy shift as a threat to sovereignty and their financial well-being.

MEXICO CITY - The parents of a Finnish activist killed when a humanitarian caravan was ambushed in a remote Indian region of Mexico pleaded on Tuesday for justice in the case.
Obama signs bill to combat crime in Indian Country
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - President Barack Obama has signed a bill he says will address the unique public safety challenges facing American Indian tribes.
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