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Secretary Haaland Announces Appointments to National Indian Gaming Commission

WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced the proposed appointments of Sharon Avery and Jeannie Hovland as Associate Commissioners to the National Indian Gaming Commission. The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act established the three-person National Indian Gaming Commission in 1988 to support and ... Read More

Feds meet with Lake County Commission on criminal jurisdiction

Federal agencies would only focus on the “big fish” cases if they took over felony jurisdiction on the Flathead Indian Reservation. That’s according to Montana’s U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich, who met with Lake County Commissioners on Tuesday to discuss possible paths ... Read More

Tribes call for apology from SD governor

Comments made by South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem during a March 13 bill signing in Mitchell and later at a town hall in Winner led four tribes to call for her to apologize. During the two town hall meetings, Noem accused ... Read More

Health department shares Medicaid disenrollment numbers for children, seniors, Native Americans

As Montana’s multi-month review of Medicaid eligibility comes to a close, the state health department is disclosing more details about how many children, older adults and Native Americans have lost health coverage over the last year, and how the redetermination ... Read More

Indigenous scholars spearhead movement for truth and equity in education

“Show me the data,” said Stephanie Fryberg, organizer of a new conference dedicated to promoting what she calls “data sovereignty” in a society where “data has been systemically weaponized against Indigenous Peoples.”  Amidst a startling backdrop where 87% of state history ... Read More

For people with disabilities, affordable accessible housing a major challenge

Joe Yasenchack lucked out when he was forced to move from his closing Harvey Manor housing complex in late July 2023.  A vacant clinic smack in the center of Harvey was available and reasonably priced for someone who is disabled and ... Read More

Third Annual Prayer Horse Ride, traversing Native mine-affected communities in Nevada

Josh Dini learned and practiced his calling as a water protector under the tutelage of Myron Dewey, his elder brother. Dewey was a beloved Paiute Shoshone filmmaker, photojournalist and drone pilot who founded Digital Smoke Signals. This independent media outlet ... Read More

Looking ahead with Brad Hawk, executive director of North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission

The role of North Dakota’s Indian Affairs Commission, as new Executive Director Brad Hawk sees it, is to bring tribal voices to the table to make decisions. “We pay attention to tribal sovereignty,” he said. “We want tribes to tell us ... Read More

The land-grant legacy

This article is part of a three-part collaborative series produced by the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, ICT and Montana Free Press, and utilizes data obtained through the national news nonprofit Grist’s “Land Grab University” investigation. Outside American Indian Hall at Montana State University, dark soil covered in ... Read More

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