INDIAN RESERVATIONS
U.S. attorney for North Dakota to lead Indian issues panel 
Timothy Purdon will be chairman of the 30-member Native American Issues Subcommittee, the oldest subcommittee of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee.
By Herald Staff Report , February 05, 2013
Gov. Dalrymple to ask Obama for housing help on N.D. reservations
During a news conference with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Gov. Dalrymple said FEMA trailers brought in to help Minot after last summer’s flooding should go to the Fort Berthold and Turtle Mountain reservations after the Minot families move out. The trailers were specifically designed for northern climates, Dalrymple said.
By Teri Finneman , April 04, 2012
U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon, Bismarck, column: Let’s stop sexual violence in tribal communities
There is one statistic that stands out: An American Indian female baby has a one-in-three chance of being sexually assaulted in her lifetime.
By Timothy Purdon , April 17, 2011
BIA allays tribes' fears about shutdown fallout
Ahead of a compromise that kept the federal government running, the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Friday allayed some fears of American Indian leaders worried a shutdown would be devastating to tribes, saying law enforcement services and schools it oversees would not be affected.
By Felicia Fonseca , April 09, 2011
Lakota language gets a boost
Officials at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion and Sitting Bull College in Fort Yates are developing bachelor's-degree programs to train teachers of Lakota as a second language.
By Steve Young , November 26, 2010
OUR OPINION: Better policing for Indian country
Co-sponsored by Sens. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., and John Thune, R-S.D., the Tribal Law and Order Act strengthens one of the weakest points of federal law: the conduct of law enforcement on Indian reservations.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , July 06, 2010
AROUND NORTH DAKOTA: Son, 6, left home alone ... Ex-teacher pleads not guilty to porn ... City still rebuilding park ... more
A Bismarck woman is accused of leaving her 6-year-old son home alone at night while she drove to a city an hour to the east. Authorities said Joanie Sanda, 39, drove to Medina late Wednesday, and the boy called 911 when he woke up early Thursday and became scared when he could not find his mother.
By Associated Press , June 19, 2010
DOJ adds prosecutors to fight S.D. Indian Country crime
Marwin Smith has no good way of knowing whether criminals on a South Dakota reservation are repeat offenders, whether they might have a history of domestic abuse or other violence.
As the attorney general for the Oglala Sioux, he estimates the 44 tribal officers on the Pine Ridge Reservation make about 22,000 arrests each year, with gangs being a significant part of that number.
By Felicia Fonseca , May 25, 2010
VIEWPOINT: Tribes need to safeguard their funding
Illegal activities such as corruption and the misuse of tribal funds have taken place in most tribal communities, if not all. This learned behavior has taken its toll on the American Indian population across the U.S. When will it stop? What can be done?
By Delvin Cree , December 06, 2009
Obama meets with Native American tribal leaders
President Barack Obama said the U.S. must reverse its course with Native Americans.
By Ken Thomas , November 05, 2009
Senate eyes 'broken' bureaucracy for new tribes
Federal recognition makes tribes eligible for economic assistance, housing grants and other government benefits. But some Indian groups have seen their petitions for recognition languish for decades without a decision from the Interior Department, including a group with its origins on land that became North Dakota.
By Matthew Brown , November 04, 2009
THEIR OPINION: U.S., tribes must wage war on crime
The Associated Press carried a rather sobering report last week about new federal efforts to combat tribal crime. Sobering because of the example The AP used to get into its story: “On just a single day this year on the Red Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota, police and investigators received emergency calls about a suicide, a murder, three stabbings, two shootings and multiple incidents of domestic violence.”
By The Bemidji Pioneer , August 30, 2009
Tribal leaders seek help with gang activity
American Indian communities are being overwhelmed by gang violence and drug trafficking, tribal leaders told lawmakers Thursday, appealing for help with problems more commonly found in big cities.
By Ken Thomas , August 01, 2009
Indian health service problems sometimes kill patients
On some reservations, the oft-quoted refrain is, “don’t get sick after June,” when the federal dollars run out. It’s a sick joke, and a sad one because it is sometimes true. Indian Health Service fficials said they have about half of what they need to operate, and patients know they must be dying or about to lose a limb to get serious care.
By Mary Clare Jalonick , June 14, 2009
Two N.D. men plead not guilty to teen's murder
Duane Bear and Jesse McKenna are charged in federal court with second degree murder. The 16-year-old victim is not named in court documents.
By Associated Press , May 22, 2009
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