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News from across North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana — covering state politics, legislation, the economy and events that matter to Native peoples.
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Rural Revival

Small-town success comes from positive people and things

Attracting younger adults, building infrastructure keys to success
Michael Standaert, North Dakota News Cooperative
Public safety
North dakota tribes push for youth police academy at camp
Tribal leaders cite staffing shortages and high costs of sending recruits out of state
Tribal Police
'Pushed out': Two-Spirit student leaves St. Labre Indian School
The school is a private, faith-based school that now serves around 270 students from daycare through 12th grade just outside the Northern Cheyenne Reservation
Nora Mabie, Missoulian
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Health
Historian cites gains, lasting losses from pick-sloan dams
Lawson told a Missouri River advisory panel that benefits still lag behind tribal costs
By Talli Nauman
ShineThe Shine series explores limitations and solutions to government transparency in Indian Country.
Theater
A Navajo Experience: 'The Frybread Queen'
Arigon Starr, rehearsing in Missoula, will appear on KBGA’s Tribal Scene Radio on Sept 10 and perform songs while discussing her career
By Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
Nonprofits
Funder crisis: Cheyenne River Youth Project in jeapordy
The Eagle Butte program says it has no money for roughly $6,000 in monthly utility bills for its two youth centers and may cut hours or close during the winter
By Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
Education
NIEA names Denise Juneau 2009 Educator of the Year at annual convention
Eight individuals and Minnesota’s Niigane Ojibwemowin Immersion School will be honored Oct 22-25 in Milwaukee, with the gala banquet set for Oct 24
By Jodi Rave Spotted Bear