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Land & Water

Environmental issues, land rights, natural resource management and water protection efforts across Native communities.
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Heritage

UTTC agriculture students connect with Native roots

The SAGE Club at United Tribes Technical College teaches students about food sovereignty
By Gabrielle Nelson
First food
Ready the skunk cabbage, it’s the great camas bake-off
Prized bulb is a traditional food that proves tricky to bake right
By Brian Bull
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Dakota Access Pipeline
Federal government appealing $28M award to North Dakota for pipeline protest costs
By Mary Steurer
Protests Continue At Standing Rock Sioux Reservation Over Dakota Pipeline Access Project
Voices Rising
UN forum pushes governments to act on Indigenous rights
Governments worldwide are being urged to fully implement a 2007 declaration that protects Indigenous Peoples’ rights to land, governance and cultural autonomy
By Buffalo's Fire
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ShineThe Shine series explores limitations and solutions to government transparency in Indian Country.
Climate Change
Warming winters bring uncertainty to Indigenous maple traditions
Environmental scientists and syrup producers say they expect to see major shifts in seasonal harvests due to climate change
By Kadin Mills
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Homeland Rejected
Black Hills still not for sale, Oglala Sioux Tribe rejects FOIA request to unseal value
Star Comes Out: ‘Resolve the Sioux land claims without having to sell out our homeland’
By Talli Nauman
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Funding Fallout
Sudden cut of ‘politicized’ FEMA grants leaves North Dakota communities in the lurch
Cuts impact major projects in Lincoln, Washburn and Fessenden
Michael Standaert, North Dakota News Cooperative
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Pipeline Concerns
Public hearing set for proposed pipeline in Mountrail and Ward counties
North Dakota residents, including those from Fort Berthold, will have the chance to voice their opinions about a crude oil pipeline set to run through tribal lands.
By Buffalo's Fire
Water Rights
New bill seeks to grant legal rights to water in New York
A groundbreaking bill could provide local communities, including Native nations, the legal tools to protect their waters from pollution and industrial exploitation.
By Buffalo's Fire
Dakota Access Pipeline
Greenpeace asks North Dakota Supreme Court to move Dakota Access Pipeline trial to Fargo
Mary Steurer, North Dakota Monitor
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Dakota Access Pipeline
Media petition North Dakota Supreme Court for expanded access to Greenpeace trial
Amy Dalrymple, North Dakota Monitor
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Sovereignty Shift
Valandra Takes Helm at Indian Land Tenure Foundation
A Sicangu Lakota leader guides ILTF toward ancestral land return and tribal sovereignty
By Buffalo's Fire
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Global Recognition
Indigenous Knowledge Earns Global Recognition in ‘Nobel Prize for the Environment’
2025 Tyler Prize winner’s research highlights the vital role of Indigenous peoples and local communities in conservation efforts
By Buffalo's Fire
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Sovereign Strength
Native nations embrace resilience, take action as political tides turn
Indigenous leaders wield time-tested agreements to protect water, land and voting rights across America
By Tracy L. Barnett
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Crisis Support
Resources for Native peoples in the Los Angeles wildfires
The Chickasaw Foundation in Oklahoma said it will help affected Chickasaw citizens.
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Dakota Access Pipeline
Judge denies Greenpeace request to investigate mailer critical of DAPL protests
Pro-fossil fuel mailer raised concerns in Dakota Access Pipeline case
Mary Steurer, North Dakota Monitor
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Environmental Impact
Peyote threatened by psychedelic renaissance
Native use of the sacred cactus under threat from over harvesting by advocates of peyote decriminalization, as well as agriculture, housing and wind farm developments
Deepa Bharath and Jessie Wardarski, Associated Press VIA ICT
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Watershed Defense
Black Hills gold mining ban protects land, water, Sioux Nation 'church'
Interior Department safeguards sacred waters for 20 years; tribes seek broader security for area watersheds
By Tracy L. Barnett
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Dakota Access Pipeline
Pipeline owner joins lawsuit over Dakota Access Pipeline
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe wants a federal court to order that the pipeline be shut down
Mary Steurer, North Dakota Monitor
Dakota Pipeline Access Project Protesters Brave Frigid Weather To Continue Encampment
Dakota Access Pipeline
13 more GOP states sign on to oppose Standing Rock Sioux in new lawsuit over DAPL
Tribe’s lawsuit argues Army Corps is unlawfully allowing the pipeline to operate without an easement
Mary Steurer, South Dakota Searchlight
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