An image of Ayabe-Way-We-Tung, the chief of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians, who began pushing the U.S. government for a reservation in the 1870s, adorns the wall in the Little Shell Tribal Health Clinic lobby in Great Falls, Montana. The mural is a reminder of the tribal nation's long push for federal recognition, which was granted in December 2019. Credit: Katheryn Houghton / KHN
Criminal prosecutions have soared on American Indian reservations in the Dakotas in the past year, though tribal officials told federal prosecutors Thursday that more needs to be done to quell crime. Fifteen U.S.read more