ATOKA, Okla. (KTEN) — The Missing and Murdered Indigenous People unit of the US Bureau of Indian Affairs is now helping with a case involving the disappearance of Brandon Hummel, who last seen ...

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Missing and Murdered Unit (MMU) became involved in the case March 10, when a state lab confirmed a DNA sample from the body matched Sangrait, a registered tribal ...

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Three tribes sued the U.S. Interior Department, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and a trio of federal officials Monday over their approval of the Scotts Valley project, slated for a plot of open land ...

A special unit that began as a cold case task force recently helped secure a murder indictment against an active-duty airman accused of killing a missing Native American woman. Quinterius ...

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With the previous cuts to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Services, this change has significantly impacted the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians and tribal nations ...

The Bureau of Indian Affairs instituted blood quantum in the 1880s. The question of who has "Native blood" and how much has stirred controversy for generations. Tribes across the country ...

traveled to Window Rock, the capital of the Navajo Nation, to attend the 11th annual Navajo Education Conference, where he delivered a strong critique of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' boarding ...