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Environmental issues, land rights, natural resource management and water protection efforts across Native communities.
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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
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
SD Mining
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
ShineThe Shine series explores limitations and solutions to government transparency in Indian Country.
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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Dakota Access Pipeline
Greenpeace seeks court permission to research mailer critical of DAPL protests
The direct mailer resembles a print newspaper
Mary Steurer, North Dakota Monitor
Protests Continue At Standing Rock Sioux Reservation Over Dakota Pipeline Access Project
Water Funding
$849 million for Western water projects announced by Biden administration
North Dakota to receive more than $32 million toward projects for 4 tribal communities
Chase WoodRuff, North Dakota Monitor
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Opinion
The pick
Next secretary of the Interior should elevate allotted landowner rights
Will Burgum prioritize the interests of all tribes and Indian people, or will his policies favor wealthy oil-rich tribes and perpetuate the exploitation of individual Allottee landowners?
By Todd Hall
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'Weird' newspaper calls out DAPL pipeline protests eight years later
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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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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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