IMFA Feed https://www.buffalosfire.com Latest posts from IMFA Report details wide disparity between Native American and white health in South Dakota https://www.buffalosfire.com/south-dakota-native-american-health-disparity-report-2026 Examining the systemic barriers, mortality rates, and the proposed tribal-managed Medicaid solutions aimed at closing South Dakota's life expectancy gap Fri, 08 May 2026 12:14:37 GMT ‘It’s about safety’: Broadband service uncertain as 150th anniversary of the Little Bighorn battle nears https://www.buffalosfire.com/national-park-service-works-to-upgrade-little-bighorn-internet Tourists, media, historians and tribal officials expected to drive up demand for high-speed internet during commemorative event Wed, 06 May 2026 11:00:00 GMT On national day of awareness, MMIP crisis takes center stage https://www.buffalosfire.com/theaters-plan-may-5-readings-on-missing-indigenous-kin Theater campaign involves dozens of Native organizations Mon, 04 May 2026 11:00:00 GMT North Dakota tribal redistricting case still in limbo after Voting Rights Act decision https://www.buffalosfire.com/north-dakota-says-vra-ruling-wont-change-map-case Supreme Court ruling did not settle whether private parties can sue under Section 2 in the tribes' map challenge Fri, 01 May 2026 16:07:01 GMT Tribal elder convicted of threatening federal employee receives probation https://www.buffalosfire.com/joseph-lafferty-gets-4-years-probation-in-threat-case Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe citizen Joseph Lafferty must agree to community service, other conditions Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:00:00 GMT Auditor’s Office claws back $37.3M in wrongful billing targeting Montana’s Native communities https://www.buffalosfire.com/wrongful-billing-targeting-montanas-native-communities Fraudsters abused Obamacare provision intended to help Indian Country Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:22:38 GMT Standing Rock boy airlifted to hospital, student athletes charged with assault https://www.buffalosfire.com/standing-rock-high-school-assault-investigation Was there a culture of tolerance among school officials that allowed it to happen? Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:59:08 GMT Montana state Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy withdraws from U.S. House primary amid ‘allegations of serious sexual abuse’ https://www.buffalosfire.com/state-sen-jonathan-windy-boys-withdrawal-from-eastern-district-house-primary Pennsylvania woman alleges Windy Boy propositioned her underage daughter and niece in the early 2000s Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:13:48 GMT Native administrators rail against Trump’s proposed elimination of funds for TCUs https://www.buffalosfire.com/trump-budget-targets-tribal-college-funding-cuts The administration has attacked tribal education second year in a row Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT Indian Country needs media pillar for a just society https://www.buffalosfire.com/free-press-transparency-indian-country Civic information, data, local news strengthen Native communities Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:20:05 GMT