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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
Tribal government, culture, and community life at Turtle Mountain.
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‘Beyond frustrating’: Family claims they weren't properly notified about 16-year-old’s disappearance
Mason Cree’s aunt learns he is missing through social media post
Jolan Kruse
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Granddaughter searches for missing grandfather nearly 50 years after disappearance
Francis Houle went missing from the Colorado Springs area in 1979
Jolan Kruse
History
As Thanksgiving nears, educators work to avoid serving baloney
Teachers are incorporating Native perspectives into the holiday
Brian Bull
Food Security
North Dakota counties most harmed by SNAP cuts are those on reservations
Native organizations and food banks are stepping in to compensate
Gabrielle Nelson
MMIP
Granddaughter searches for missing grandfather nearly 50 years after disappearance
Francis Houle went missing from the Colorado Springs area in 1979
By Jolan Kruse
History
As Thanksgiving nears, educators work to avoid serving baloney
Teachers are incorporating Native perspectives into the holiday
By Brian Bull
Food Security
North Dakota counties most harmed by SNAP cuts are those on reservations
Native organizations and food banks are stepping in to compensate
By Gabrielle Nelson
Activism continues
Leonard Peltier remains defiant in AP interview, maintaining innocence and vowing continued activism
Now on house arrest at his Turtle Mountain home in North Dakota, the 80-year-old again denies killing two FBI agents in 1975 and says he plans to mentor young organizers
Graham Lee Brewer, Associated Press
Justice served
Proud, cheerful and emotional, Leonard Peltier thanks supporters for welcome home
"I spent 45 years straight in prison for something I didn't do. I didn't think I was going to make it."
By Buffalo's Fire
Justice Served
Leonard Peltier: ‘Today I am finally free’
‘Free Leonard Peltier’ film debuts on heels of AIM leader’s announced prison release, celebration planned in North Dakota
By Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
Peltier Freed
International pressure, stateside push leads to act of clemency for AIM icon Leonard Peltier
‘Good faith effort’ frees Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa elder after nearly 50 years
By Talli Nauman and Talli Nauman
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
North Dakota
JT Shining Oneside shares generational wisdom at Native American Heritage Month Celebration
‘Without our Turtle Mountain Chippewa and Ojibwe Anishinaabe roots, we wouldn't be here’
By Adrianna Adame
Tribes, state argue redistricting case to federal appeals court
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa gift five symbolic white buffalo calves to neighboring tribes
By Grace Fiori
Court orders North Dakota to adopt Native’s proposed voter districts
By Adrianna Adame
North Dakota House draws new legislative subdistricts, brings two tribes to the table
By Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
