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Little Shell denied federal recognition

An exhibit including a display of the tribal flags from the Cheyenne River, Crow Creek, Oglala, Rosebud, Sisseton Wahpeton, Standing Rock and Yankton Sioux Tribes. (Rapid City Journal File photo)

The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Montana has been denied federal recognition. For a look at the process, including testimonies, check out the Interior Department Web site.

The Little Shell tribe’s insignia is prominently displayed on the new Native American Center building on the University of Montana campus. The building is scheduled to be finished in February.

Jodi Rave

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear is the founder and director of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance, a 501-C-3 nonprofit organization with offices in Bismarck, N.D. and the Fort Berthold Reservation. Jodi spent 15 years reporting for the mainstream press. She's been awarded prestigious Nieman and John S. Knight journalism fellowships at Harvard and Stanford, respectively. She also an MIT Knight Science Journalism Project fellow. Her writing is featured in "The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity," published by Columbia University Press. Jodi currently serves as a Society of Professional Journalists at-large board member, an SPJ Foundation board member, and she chairs the SPJ Freedom of Information Committee. Jodi has won top journalism awards from mainstream and Native press organizations. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

3 Comments

  • Tracyd DeGeorgio

    Glad to see you are up and running!
    Didn’t know how to find you …. and I have been real busy..
    Sad about the Chippewa … they have been getting the short end of the stick for a long time.

  • HeidgeBer

    I love it! That is way cool man! The steps weren’t that complicated too, which is great.

  • D.Sargent

    Isn’t that the way it goes, if the non-Indian person in power doesn’t want you to exist. What was that saying?
    “With one swipe of the pen, you will not longer exist”. they seen to swipe that pen alot!

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