Independent news from the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance

Bank of the Sierra v. Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians Materials

Hundreds of people listen to executive director Mary LaGarde welcome guests to the grand re-opening of the Minneapolis American Indian Center on Wednesday. (Ben Hovland, MPR News)

Here: 1 Complaint 14 DCT Order Dismissing Case 15 Unification Council Motion to Vacate Order 22 McDonald Council Opposition 23 Unification Council Reply 27 DCT Order Disbursing Funds
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Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear is the founder and director of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance, a 501-C-3 nonprofit organization with offices in Bismarck, N.D. and the Fort Berthold Reservation. Jodi spent 15 years reporting for the mainstream press. She's been awarded prestigious Nieman and John S. Knight journalism fellowships at Harvard and Stanford, respectively. She also an MIT Knight Science Journalism Project fellow. Her writing is featured in "The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity," published by Columbia University Press. Jodi currently serves as a Society of Professional Journalists at-large board member, an SPJ Foundation board member, and she chairs the SPJ Freedom of Information Committee. Jodi has won top journalism awards from mainstream and Native press organizations. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.