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Land & Water

Environmental issues, land rights, natural resource management and water protection efforts across Native communities.
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'Weird' newspaper calls out DAPL pipeline protests eight years later

Tribes reach for sun, start from ground up
By Grace Fiori
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Public comment on historic Black Hills water protection plan nears end
By Tracy L. Barnett
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Wildfires cut into oil production; operators agree to some voluntary restrictions
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ShineThe Shine series will explore limitations and solutions to press freedom and government transparency in Indian Country.
Weekend wildfire damage approaches 50,000 acres, Burgum says
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Three Affiliated Tribes emergency responders combat 11,000-acre Bear Den Fire
By Grace Fiori
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1 killed, another critically injured in western North Dakota wildfires
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States own lands on reservations, to use them, tribes have to pay
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Oil industry forecasts modest production from Bakken-Three Forks shale, spotlight on technology to spur development
North Dakota’s annual petroleum gathering welcomes new regulator, not regulations
By Grace Fiori and Grace Fiori
Rough Rider Center
Climate Pollution Reduction Grants provide 33 tribal nations with $300 million
By Grace Fiori
EPA
Oglala Sioux Tribe appeal blocks water permits for uranium mining
By Talli Nauman
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Sioux Nation, U.S. Forest Service forge joint stewardship framework for Black Hills
By Talli Nauman
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UTTC introduces first net-zero greenhouse at a tribal college
By Grace Fiori
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North Dakotans call on state to deny permits for carbon capture project
By Grace Fiori
Tracey L. Wilkie
Sicangu Lakota citizens grow vision for future of food
By Grace Fiori
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Meet Grace Fiori: Buffalo Fire’s new environment and agriculture reporter
By Tracy L. Barnett
Grace in the fields
Pollution knows no borders
Teck Coal’s Fording River coal mine
Regulators order Marathon Oil to pay $64.5M for 'illegal pollution' on Fort Berthold Reservation
'This fine just proves what the people of the Fort Berthold Indian reservation have known for a long time'
By Grace Fiori
Four Bears Flares
Native American voices are finally factoring into energy projects
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Northern Plains tribes get $135 million for solar power
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