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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?

'Weird' newspaper calls out DAPL pipeline protests eight years later

Tribes reach for sun, start from ground up

Public comment on historic Black Hills water protection plan nears end

By Tracy L. Barnett

'Weird' newspaper calls out DAPL pipeline protests eight years later

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Tribes reach for sun, start from ground up

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Public comment on historic Black Hills water protection plan nears end

By Tracy L. Barnett

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ShineThe Shine series explores limitations and solutions to government transparency in Indian Country.

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

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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

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

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Climate Pollution Reduction Grants provide 33 tribal nations with $300 million

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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

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North Dakotans call on state to deny permits for carbon capture project

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Sicangu Lakota citizens grow vision for future of food

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'

Four Bears Flares

Native American voices are finally factoring into energy projects

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