Pakistani army pushes into remote militant haven, finding passports linked to 9/11

Passports linked to 9/11 found along Afghan border

Navajo Nation Council votes to place tribal president on administrative leave

Navajo lawmakers place tribal president on leave

American Indian college president faces backlash over tuition; students demand free education

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Linda Sue Warner had big ambitions when she arrived in 2007 as president of Haskell Indian Nation University, the only four-year college operated by the federal government for American Indians. Now she wonders whether those ambitions could cost her the job.

Both sides claim success in Pakistan army offensive; Taliban vow fight to ‘last drop of blood’

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistani troops and the Taliban fought fierce battles in a militant sanctuary near the Afghan border, with both sides claiming early victories in an army campaign that could shape the future of the country’s battle against extremism.

Official: Anti-Taliban tribal leader fatally shot by suspected militants in northwest Pakistan

KHAR, Pakistan — Suspected Taliban militants fatally shot a tribal elder Saturday in volatile northwestern Pakistan as he traveled to discuss anti-militancy efforts with government authorities, an official said.

Hopi lawmakers, Navajo president say environmentalists harming tribes’ economies

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The leader of the country’s largest Indian reservation threw his support behind the neighboring Hopi Tribe, whose lawmakers declared environmental groups unwelcome on the reservation.

Afghan officials hide, or quit, because of increasing Taliban assassination attacks

KABUL — During his two years as a provincial governor in Afghanistan, Arsalah Jamal survived four suicide attacks.

Federal judge dismisses dress code lawsuit filed by SD tribe; parents may file a new one

ABERDEEN, S.D. — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to prevent a South Dakota school district from imposing a dress code.

Tribal leader: 87 killed in Yemen airstrike on camp for those fleeing government-rebel war

SAN’A, Yemen — Nearly 87 civilians were killed in a strike by government warplanes that hit a camp of people fleeing fighting in northern Yemen, a tribal leader said Thursday. It was a sign of increasing bloodiness in a remote war against Shiite rebels in this turmoil-ridden Arab nation.

AP IMPACT: Indian reservation smoke shops face a crackdown over sale of untaxed cigarettes

NEW YORK — After doing time for possession and an accidental killing, crack dealer Rodney Morrison decided he was finished with drugs. He threw himself a “retirement” party in 1993 and got into a new line of work: tax-free cigarettes.

Canadian man, SD woman charged with murder in 1975 slaying of American Indian Movement member

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A Canadian man and a South Dakota woman were charged in the 1975 slaying of a fellow American Indian Movement member, who prosecutors say was killed because the group’s leaders suspected she was a government informant.

Malaysia government report says loggers raped Borneo tribal girls in remote jungle

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Indigenous tribal girls have been sexually abused by loggers in remote jungles on Borneo island, a Malaysian government report said, in the first official verification of rape accusations involving timber companies.