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Senators reintroduce bipartisan bill to strengthen public safety in Indian Country

News and Information relevant to Native communities

Voter registration, campaign finance reporting debated by North Dakota lawmakers

Mary Steurer / North Dakota Monitor

Fresh Leadership

Daniela Aki: Igniting a New Chapter at Buffalo’s Fire

Aki brings business expertise and a passion for civic engagement to strengthen Native storytelling

North Dakota tribal leaders seek to restore vehicle tax exemption

Amy Dalrymple / North Dakota Monitor

Hearing set Monday on bill that would provide free school meals for North Dakota students

Erin Hemme Froslie / North Dakota Monitor

Landowner Rights

Native landlords appeal to 8th Circuit for entry into Tesoro pipeline trespass

Fort Berthold Reservation stakeholders: ‘The United States is not adequately representing the interests of the allottees’

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

Reproductive Rights

Birth control, IVF protection needed in face of attacks, North Dakota bill sponsor says

Jeff Beach / North Dakota Monitor

Healing Journey

New Road Map Guides Brain Health in Native Communities

Buffalo’s Fire

North Dakota sued Interior at least five times under Doug Burgum. Now he’s set to run the agency.

Mary Steurer and Mark Olalde / North Dakota Monitor

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Community Boost

Underserved rural communities targeted in legislative proposal

$50 million endowment fund could spur redevelopment, housing

Michael Standaert / North Dakota News Cooperative

MHA Nation secures key victory as Supreme Court upholds majority-Native District 4A

‘Hard-fought progress toward fair representation is now protected’

Sovereignty Strengthened

Standing Rock chair opens North Dakota Legislature, urges collaboration with tribes

Sovereignty Strengthened

Standing Rock chair stresses building unity and infrastructure

Dakota Access Pipeline

Judge denies Greenpeace request to investigate mailer critical of DAPL protests

Native Issues

Housing Advocate

Cheyenne River Sioux mother overcomes homelessness to advocate for housing rights

Valerie Siqueiros transforms personal crisis into community action

Dearth of women in top higher ed leadership in North Dakota causes concern

Currently only one woman in a position of leadership among 11 institutions

Michael Standaert / North Dakota News Cooperative

Crisis Response

North Dakota bills address MMIP crisis with interagency task force, new ‘Feather Alert’

Bismarck, North Dakota

Unprecedented TribalEcon Summit features trade history, vendors in North Dakota capital

Affordable housing plan in North Dakota draws broad support

Native Nations

International pressure, stateside push leads to act of clemency for AIM icon Leonard Peltier

‘Good faith effort’ frees Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa elder after nearly 50 years

Lost Opportunity

Senate confirmation hearings for Interior secretary gloss over Native issues

Despite the department's impact on Native communities, nominee and lawmakers overlook Indigenous issues in favor of political pageantry

Dakota Access Pipeline

Pipeline owner joins lawsuit over Dakota Access Pipeline

Dakota Access Pipeline

Greenpeace seeks court permission to research mailer critical of DAPL protests

Standing Rock to sue to gain Lakota language materials

Arts & Culture

Johnson reintroduces bill to protect Wounded Knee Massacre site

The massacre occurred Dec. 29, 1890. An estimated 200 to 300 or more Lakota died.

Makenzie Huber / South Dakota Searchlight

Historic Injustice

Indian boarding school history won’t go away

Washington Post investigation expands on data collected by Department of the Interior

Mary Annette Pember / ICT

Native Athletes

Native American All-Star Football Game at the Frisco Star set to showcase top athletes

Enduring Legacy

‘President Jimmy Carter, Rest in Peace’

Fate uncertain for Wounded Knee land bill and medals review as massacre commemoration approaches

Opinion

Kristi Noem’s Homeland Security confirmation skirts tribal controversies in her home state

Standing Rock Tribal Chair sends support letter for Kristi Noem while majority of South Dakota tribes continue the governor's banishment

Sovereignty Concerns

North Dakota’s Tribal-State legislative address raises concerns, questions

Was chairwoman flexing sovereignty or amplifying benevolence of the State of North Dakota?

Mystery Sightings

UFO-drone sightings in Indian Country began long before East Coast buzz

Next secretary of the Interior should elevate allotted landowner rights

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Health Care Clash

Three Affiliated Tribes Sanford insurance plan sends health care titans into a legal battle

Native Inc. staff push for change during Advocacy Day at North Dakota State Capitol

What are 638 contracts and how they work

School software provider is the latest target of major hack of personal data

Resources for Native peoples in the Los Angeles wildfires

Inaugural Tribal Econ Summit tackles financial growth on Northern Plains

Environmental Impact

Peyote threatened by psychedelic renaissance