Tribe seeks conciliation with SoCal deputies
(CALIFORNIA) -- The leader of a Southern California Indian tribe and a sheriff's department vowed Friday to work together to lower tensions after three people were killed on the reservation in gun battles with deputies.
Tribe meets with Riverside sheriffs, mediators on shootout
(CALIFORNIA) -- Leaders of Southern California's Soboba Indian tribe met Friday with Riverside County sheriff's officials and a federal mediator amid tensions arising from the killings of three people on the reservation during recent gunbattles with deputies.
Soboba to sue county sheriff after latest killings by deputies
(CALIFORNIA) -- The chairman of the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians said the tribe is planning to sue the Riverside County Sheriff's Department after a deadly gun battle in which deputies shot and killed a tribal man and a woman on the reservation May 12.
Soboba situation remains tense today
(CALIFORNIA) -- The situation remained tense today on the Soboba Indian Reservation, where three Indians have been killed this month in two shootouts with Riverside County sheriff's deputies.
Museum director dies in custody
(WASHINGTON) -- An internationally recognized expert on Asian antiquities who had been arrested in connection with an artifact-smuggling scheme died in custody early Wednesday.
Tensions rise after gunbattle on California reservation
(CALIFORNIA) -- The chairman of a Southern California Indian tribe that has seen three people killed by deputies during gunbattles on its land in the past week accused local law enforcement Wednesday of using the reservation as a practice range.
Second gunman in Soboba shooting identified
(CALIFORNIA) -- The woman shot by Riverside County sheriff's deputies during a gun battle on the Soboba Indian reservation has been identified as a 30-year-old member of the tribe.
Domestic violence issue confronted
(ARIZONA) -- The director of the United States Department of Justice on Violence Against Women, Cindy Dyer, made an informal visit to the reservation.
Man, woman shot by deputies on Soboba reservation abandoned car, hid
(CALIFORNIA) -- The Soboba tribal members shot by SWAT officers in a remote area of the reservation Monday abandoned their vehicle along a dirt road and were hiding behind a tree before they were killed during an exchange of gunfire, Riverside County sheriff's Sgt. Dean Spivacke said Wednesday.
PHOTOS: Soboba shooting
(CALIFORNIA) -- Grieving family members comfort each other at the reservation of the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians where a man and woman were killed in a shootout with Riverside County sheriff's deputies Monday evening.
Autopsy Scheduled for Soboba Shooting Suspect
(CALIFORNIA) -- An autopsy is scheduled Wednesday on a man who was shot to death by sheriff's deputies during a running gun battle on the Soboba Indian Reservation that also left a woman dead.
Gunbattles leave 3 dead on tribal lands
(CALIFORNIA) -- The tribal chairman at an American Indian reservation said Wednesday that the law enforcement shootings of three people in gunbattles in the last week had turned tribal lands into a police practice range.
Reservation deaths highlight tension with sheriff
(CALIFORNIA) -- The tribal chairman's message to his members in the hours after deputies killed two suspects in a running gunbattle on the Soboba Indian Reservation was clear: Don't trust the sheriff's department.
Browning child's death investigated
(MONTANA) -- The shooting death of a 3 year old Browning girl is now being investigated by federal officials. Mya Angel Pepion died of a gunshot wound on Thursday, May 8th, but the nature of the shooting has not been disclosed..
Pair slain after casino attack
(CALIFORNIA) -- A man and woman who opened fire on security guards at the entrance of Soboba Casino were killed in a shootout after fleeing into the hills of the reservation, authorities said Tuesday.
Woman sentenced to 10 years in 1998 infant death
(NORTH DAKOTA) -- A federal judge, choked with emotion, sentenced a woman Monday to 10 years in prison for leaving her newborn son alone for about two weeks to die, then putting his body in a suitcase in a ditch near her home.
Sheriff: Slain suspects shot at police choppper
(CALIFORNIA) -- A man and woman opened fire on guards at an entrance to an Indian reservation and fled into the hills, where they were killed in a gun battle with sheriff's deputies and a SWAT team, authorities said Tuesday.
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