A Coquille Indian Tribe member is challenging a recent decision by the Tribal Council to allow domestic partnerships and marriages regardless of sexual orientation. Tribal member Brady Metcalf said he believes the Marriage and Domestic Partnership Ordinance should be placed on a special tribal ballot, allowing the general council to weigh in on the topic. The general…

Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe elder Ted Vaughn is suing the Tribe’s Board of directors over the construction of a new administration building next to the historic home of the founders of the Tribe’s reservation. Vaughn has a personal stake in the issue: the founders, Sam and Viola Jimulla, were his grandparents, and he grew up in the…