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Buffalo’s Fire and Prairie Public Radio link for live coverage at UTTC powwow

Radio collaboration highlights importance of cooperation in a season of funding cuts for local media

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Buffalo’s Fire Brian Bull (left) and Prairie Public’s Ann Alquist cover the UTTC powwow live. (Sept. 6.) (Buffalo’s Fire Photo/Brian Bull)
Buffalo’s Fire Brian Bull (left) and Prairie Public’s Ann Alquist cover the UTTC powwow live. (Sept. 6.) (Buffalo’s Fire Photo/Brian Bull)
Jolan Kruse

Jolan Kruse

September 6, 2025, Bismarck, North Dakota

At 1 p.m. sharp on Sept. 6, Prairie Public Radio station director Ann Alquist and Buffalo’s Fire senior reporter Brian Bull went live, collaborating to cover the UTTC International Powwow from a tent pitched on the edge of the Lone Star Veterans Arena.

Daniela Aki with Ann Alquist. (Sept. 6.) (Buffalo’s Fire Photo/Brian Bull)
Daniela Aki with Ann Alquist. (Sept. 6.) (Buffalo’s Fire Photo/Brian Bull)

Interviews, stories and live coverage included discussions of the purpose of the flag raising, the importance of grand entry, the history of the UTTC powwow and the role of the arena director and veterans.

Dakota Goodhouse plays the flute during the live coverage of the event. (Sept. 6.) (Buffalo’s Fire Photo/Brian Bull)
Dakota Goodhouse plays the flute during the live coverage of the event. (Sept. 6.) (Buffalo’s Fire Photo/Brian Bull)

Among the interviewees were Buffalo’s Fire founder and executive director Jodi Rave Spotted Bear (Mandan, Hidatsa, Mniconjou Lakota), Documenter’s Program site manager Daniela Aki (Hunkpapa Lakota and Mexican American) and Justin Young (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara), chairman of the powwow committee.

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear, founder and editor in chief of Buffalo's Fire. (Sept. 6.) (Buffalo’s Fire Photo/Brian Bull)
Jodi Rave Spotted Bear, founder and editor in chief of Buffalo's Fire. (Sept. 6.) (Buffalo’s Fire Photo/Brian Bull)

Buffalo’s Fire and Prairie Public are modeling partnership as funding cuts imperil rural and tribal news coverage.

Justin Young, who chaired the UTTC international powwow committee. (Sept. 6.) (Buffalo’s Fire Photo/Brian Bull)
Justin Young, who chaired the UTTC international powwow committee. (Sept. 6.) (Buffalo’s Fire Photo/Brian Bull)

“Things continue to be shaken up and reinvented here,” Bull said.

Jolan Kruse

Report for America corps member and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples reporter at Buffalo’s Fire.
Location: Bismarck, North Dakota
Email: jolan@buffalosfire.com
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