Article examines the history behind gang activities within Native American cultures as well as current criminal activities. Site maintained by Know Gangs, "comprised of current and retired law enforcement officers from across the nation."

The March 2004 Juvenile Justice Bulletin focuses on "Youth Gangs in Indian Country." The Juvenile Justice Bulletin is published by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, a component of the Office of Justice Programs, the U.S. Department of Justice.

The May 2003 Juvenile Justice Bulletin focuses on the Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's initiatives to combat tribal youth crime, including the activities of Native American gangs. The Juvenile Justice Bulletin is published by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, a component of the Office of Justice Programs, the U.S. Department of Justice.

This article authored by Kathy Khoury for the Christian Science Monitor examines the work of Boyd Osegueda, who has made it his mission to stem gang influence and activities on Tohono O'odham Nation in southern Arizona.

News report from the Albuquerque Tribune examines current clothing, tattoos, and other gang identification trends of Navajo gangs and well as the increase in domestic and youth-on-youth violence among gang members.

This essay on "The Origins of Navajo Youth Gangs" (E. Henderson, S. Kunitz, and J. Levy) was first published in the American Indian Culture and Research Journal (Vol. 23 No. 3 (1999) p. 243-64). It is hosted electronically by Street Gangs, whose (initial) purpose was "to share information about the history of gang formation in Los Angeles."

The Navajo Nation presented this statement regarding increased gang activities in Native American communities before the United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and the Senate Judiciary Committee on Juvenile Justice Joint Oversight Hearing, in September 1997.

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