NYTimes: Lawlessness on Indian Land

Editorial Lawlessness on Indian Land Published: November 21, 2012 Violence and crime rage unchecked in Indian country, yet the federal government, the primary law enforcer on reservations, is investigating and prosecuting fewer violent felonies, and reducing financing for tribal courts and public-safety programs. That is a scandal. Timothy Williams reported in The Times last week … Read more

NYTimes: Louise Erdrich’s Novel ‘The Round House’ Wins National Book Award

Novel About Racial Injustice Wins National Book Award By LESLIE KAUFMAN Published: November 14, 2012 Beating out an unusually competitive field, Louise Erdrich won the National Book Award for fiction on Wednesday night for “The Round House,” a novel about a teenage boy’s effort to investigate an attack on his mother on a North Dakota … Read more