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October 15, 2024
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Tioga firefighter Jon Moberg receives oxygen while Cindy Hatch, a member of the Tioga EMS, and firefighter Joel Schaffett look on. Crews from Tioga were on hand to help locally with the fires while crews from outside facilities were on standby at the Tioga Medical Center. (Photo provided by Shelby Davis) Tioga firefighter Jon Moberg receives oxygen while Cindy Hatch, a member of the Tioga EMS, and firefighter Joel Schaffett look on. Crews from Tioga were on hand to help locally with the fires while crews from outside facilities were on standby at the Tioga Medical Center. (Photo provided by Shelby Davis) Featured

Hospital feels the rush during the fires

  • October 15, 2024

A typical Saturday night at the Tioga Medical Center turned out to be a whole lot more last weekend. Typically, on weekends, the hospital's ER is used for urgent care when other resources aren't available, explained CEO Jamie Eraas. There are ... Read More

Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline gather Nov. 1, 2023, in Bismarck ahead of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers public meeting on an environmental impact statement. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe opposes the pipeline, citing concerns for its water supply. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor) Featured Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline gather Nov. 1, 2023, in Bismarck ahead of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers public meeting on an environmental impact statement. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe opposes the pipeline, citing concerns for its water supply. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)

Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline gather Nov. 1, 2023, in Bismarck ahead of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers public meeting on an environmental impact statement. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe opposes the pipeline, citing concerns for its water supply. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe files new lawsuit over DAPL

  • October 15, 2024

Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline gather Nov. 1, 2023, in Bismarck ahead of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers public meeting on an environmental impact statement. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe opposes the pipeline, citing concerns for its water supply. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on Monday filed a new lawsuit against the U.S. Army ... Read More

Wanbli Waunsila Wi Eagle walks with Taylor Campbell, the 2022-2023 Miss He Sapa Win, after her crowning during the 2023 He Sapa Wacipi in Rapid City. (Photo by Matt Gade, Rapid City Journal) Featured Wanbli Waunsila Wi Eagle walks with Taylor Campbell, the 2022-2023 Miss He Sapa Win, after her crowning during the 2023 He Sapa Wacipi in Rapid City. (Photo by Matt Gade, Rapid City Journal)

Wanbli Waunsila Wi Eagle walks with Taylor Campbell, the 2022-2023 Miss He Sapa Win, after her crowning during the 2023 He Sapa Wacipi in Rapid City. (Photo by Matt Gade, Rapid City Journal)

A year as Miss He Sapa Win

  • October 14, 2024

Wanbli Waunsila Wi Eagle walks with Taylor Campbell, the 2022-2023 Miss He Sapa Win, after her crowning during the 2023 He Sapa Wacipi in Rapid City. (Photo by Matt Gade, Rapid City Journal)

In 2006, at six years old, Wanbli Waunsila Wi Eagle attended He Sapa Wacipi or ... Read More

Prairie Rose Seminole said holidays like First Nations Day celebrate Indigenous peoples and Tribal Nations, who actively practice their cultures, honor their heritages and pass down their histories from generation to generation. Here Seminole is pictured at a dinner in 2022. (Photo courtesy of Prairie Rose Seminole, photo by Chad Nodland) Featured Prairie Rose Seminole said holidays like First Nations Day celebrate Indigenous peoples and Tribal Nations, who actively practice their cultures, honor their heritages and pass down their histories from generation to generation. Here Seminole is pictured at a dinner in 2022. (Photo courtesy of Prairie Rose Seminole, photo by Chad Nodland)

Prairie Rose Seminole said holidays like First Nations Day celebrate Indigenous peoples and Tribal Nations, who actively practice their cultures, honor their heritages and pass down their histories from generation to generation. Here Seminole is pictured at a dinner in 2022. (Photo courtesy of Prairie Rose Seminole, photo by Chad Nodland)

Calls for change: Advocates in North Dakota urge transition from First Nations Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day

  • October 11, 2024

Prairie Rose Seminole said holidays like First Nations Day celebrate Indigenous peoples and Tribal Nations, who actively practice their cultures, honor their heritages and pass down their histories from generation to generation. Here Seminole is pictured at a dinner in 2022. (Photo courtesy of Prairie Rose Seminole, photo by Chad Nodland)

As North Dakota prepares to celebrate First Nations Day, tribal citizens are calling for a ... Read More

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Wildfires cut into oil production; operators agree to some voluntary restrictions

  • October 11, 2024

North Dakota’s top oil regulator says companies voluntarily agreed to pump less oil to limit fire risk, with more production cuts possible if wildfire conditions worsen. Wildfires that began Saturday in North Dakota’s oil-producing region have burned an estimated 110,000 acres as of ... Read More

Oil wells continue to operate near scorched ground south of Watford City on Oct. 9, 2024. (Jacob Orledge/North Dakota Monitor)

North Dakota tribes eligible for state grant to promote voter access

  • October 10, 2024

The North Dakota Secretary of State’s Office addressed efforts to make voting more accessible for tribal members during a meeting Wednesday on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Secretary of State Michael Howe said his office has a grant to assist tribes ... Read More

Members of the North Dakota Legislature listen as Secretary of State Michael Howe speaks on efforts to improve access to voting on tribal reservations at a Tribal and State Relations Committee at Prairie Knights Casino on Oct. 9, 2024. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)

District 4A House candidates stress Native voter education and access in North Dakota state race

  • October 8, 2024

Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation residents can choose between two Native candidates for state representative in the Nov. 5 North Dakota elections. Incumbent Lisa Finley-DeVille and Ronald Brugh, president of War Pony Energy, are competing for the single position in ... Read More

District 4A candidates Lisa Finley-DeVille and Ronald Brugh discuss their plans to enhance voter accessibility for Indigenous communities. (Photo credit/ Jodi Spotted Bear)

Spirit Lake Nation commodity food program turns to tribal buffalo herd for meat

  • October 8, 2024

Spirit Lake Nation is putting free meat from the reservation’s buffalo ranch on the tables of tribal citizens. A recent Farm Bill pilot project helped grow the bison herd to supply commodity recipients up to five shares monthly of the ... Read More

Tribally-sourced bison meat stocked at the commodity food distribution center in Fort Totten, ND. (Photo credit/ Grace Fiori)

Weekend wildfire damage approaches 50,000 acres, Burgum says

  • October 8, 2024

Vawnita Best said it was a battle to bring in cows grazing on federal land back to the ranch near Watford City as strong winds whipped up a grassland fire Saturday.  “You could hardly stay on your horse,” she said. On Monday, ... Read More

North Dakota National Guard soldiers and airmen worked with the Department of Emergency Services to build a handline and conducted a controlled burn to prevent the further spread of a wildfire near Mandaree on Oct. 6, 2024. Gov. Doug Burgum declared a statewide fire emergency and activated the North Dakota National Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel J. Kroll, visual information photographer)

Three Affiliated Tribes emergency responders combat 11,000-acre Bear Den Fire

  • October 7, 2024

This story was updated at 2:15 p.m on Tuesday. Community support has been overwhelming as the Three Affiliated Tribes battle round-the-clock to contain wildfires raging across northwest North Dakota.  One of at least six outbreaks over the weekend, the Bear Den ... Read More

Bear Den Fire on Sunday afternoon. (Photo provided by North Dakota Department of Emergency Services)

1 killed, another critically injured in western North Dakota wildfires

  • October 7, 2024

State, local, federal and tribal firefighters and emergency responders spent the weekend battling large wildfires in western North Dakota, with the fire response expected to continue for days. The fires prompted evacuations and caused at least one death and one critical ... Read More

Firefighters and emergency responders fought several wildfires in western North Dakota over the weekend. (Photo provided by North Dakota Governor’s Office)

Standing Rock Tribe is latest to sue social media companies for alleged mental health effects

  • October 4, 2024

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota and South Dakota has filed a lawsuit in California against the parent companies of Facebook, Snapchat, YouTube and TikTok. The lawsuit, which alleges the tech companies’ social media apps are addictive and contribute ... Read More

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is the latest of several tribes suing social media companies over their alleged effects on mental health. (Getty Images illustration)

Remembrance and healing: Attendees gather to reflect on the impact of American Indian boarding schools

  • October 3, 2024

"These were children. They weren't young adults." With these words, Dakota Goodhouse cut through layers of sanitized history, laying bare the harsh realities of the Bismarck Indian Boarding School. His recent presentation, unveiling truths long obscured, became the centerpiece of ... Read More

Dakota Goodhouse, a Native American studies instructor, presented his findings on the conditions of the Bismarck Indian Boarding School during United Tribes Technical College’s Orange Shirt Day event on Sept. 30. (Photo credit/ Adrianna Adame)