• Pueblos and Tribes
Gov. approves cuts to 2 Navajo projects

Gov. Bill Richardson has cut state contributions to two Navajo Nation projects in San Juan County to help close New Mexico's $650 million budget shortfall.

ABQ company builds Navajo phone service

Less than 40 percent of homes on the Navajo Nation have telephone service, but an Albuquerque company, Sacred Wind Communications, is working to improve that

Death penalty ruled out in nun's murder

The man accused of murdering a Catholic nun at her convent on the Navajo reservation will not have to worry about the death penalty.

Feds win suspect custody in nun murder

A federal judge Tuesday ordered the Navajo Nation jail to hand over to the FBI a tribal member accused of killing a nun in her reservation convent.

Tribe holds on to suspected nun killer

FBI agents were in Navajo Nation tribal court again Monday, and again they left without the man accused of bludgeoning a nun to death in her convent residence.

Governor hosts Indian education summit

Gov. Bill Richardson, teachers, parents, students and tribal leaders are set to gather Monday for a daylong Native American education summit that is aimed at

USDA tries to end Indian farmer claim

The Obama administration intends to seek resolution to a lawsuit filed by American Indian farmers who alleged discrimination in the granting of federal

No arrests in murder of reservation nun

Federal and tribal investigators are looking for witnesses and a missing car after a nun who spent 10 years at a mission church on the Navajo reservation was

Udall asks for phone service for tribes

Sen. Tom Udall is asking the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to share plans for providing telephone service to Native American communities.

Ski Apache storm drops foot of optimism

The first storm of the year came with a fury Wednesday night spreading a white blanket across the slopes of Ski Apache.

San Fidel shop named historic site

A curio shop that sold Native American crafts during Route 66's heyday has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Plea for leniency fails casino swindler

Slot boss Daniel Roybal will now have decades in prison to think about the embezzlement from Sandia Casino prosecutors are calling one of the biggest such

Navajo lawmakers place Shirley on leave

Navajo lawmakers voted Monday to place the tribe's president on administrative leave, pending an investigation into allegations of ethical, civil or criminal

Tribal official moved body, feds claim

A Pojoaque Pueblo official who hit and killed a pedestrian stopped to roll the man over before fleeing, prosecutors allege based on a reconstruction of the

Prosecutors: Pueblo leader moved body

Federal prosecutors believe Pojoaque Pueblo Lt. Gov. Linda Diaz stopped her car after she struck and killed a pedestrian to move the body.

Officials detail resort makeover

Officials said during a news conference Wednesday that there won't be many changes on the outside of what's now the Isleta Casino and Resort as it becomes the

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