Victory Upheld
MHA Nation secures key victory as Supreme Court upholds majority-Native District 4A
Adrianna Adame
Health Care Clash
Three Affiliated Tribes Sanford insurance plan sends health care titans into a legal battle
Mayo Clinic sues Sanford Health over unpaid bills from a Three Affiliated Tribes health plan. See a timeline of events in this legal battle impacting Native health care.
Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
What are 638 contracts and how they workExplainer
Opinion
Sovereignty Concerns
North Dakota’s Tribal-State legislative address raises concerns, questions
Was chairwoman flexing sovereignty or amplifying benevolence of the State of North Dakota?
Todd Hall
Crisis Support
Resources for Native peoples in the Los Angeles wildfires
The Chickasaw Foundation in Oklahoma said it will help affected Chickasaw citizens.
ICT
Sovereignty Strengthened
Standing Rock chair opens North Dakota Legislature, urges collaboration with tribes
‘We may not always agree, but we must remain united in service to our people’
Adrianna Adame
The Daily Spark
Quick stories, must reads
- Recognition RuleInterior Department finalizes new tribal recognition rule
- ER SettlementWashington city, tribe work to settle 24-hour ER shelter dispute
- Buffalo ReturnStanding Rock Sioux Tribe resumes buffalo roundup after hiatus
- Cultural ExhibitNew exhibit at CWU highlights Indigenous knowledge
- Resource PlanBiden administration and tribes finalize resource plan for Bears Ears National Monument
- Redistricting rulingSupreme Court upholds Native-majority districts in North Dakota
- Pipeline caseTribal members push to join 8th Circuit appeal
- Caldwell’s LegacyNew curriculum and film highlight the legacy of Billy Caldwell
- Haaland's LegacyDeb Haaland reflects on her legacy as interior secretary
Bismarck-Mandan
Dakota Access Pipeline
Judge denies Greenpeace request to investigate mailer critical of DAPL protests
Pro-fossil fuel mailer raised concerns in Dakota Access Pipeline case
Mary Steurer / North Dakota Monitor
President Carter
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter dies at 100
Died Sunday Dec. 29, 2024, after spending over a year in hospice care
Ross Wiliams / North Dakota Monitor
Native Issues
Environmental Impact
Peyote threatened by psychedelic renaissance
Native use of the sacred cactus under threat from over harvesting by advocates of peyote decriminalization, as well as agriculture, housing and wind farm developments
Tribal Growth
Inaugural Tribal Econ Summit tackles financial growth on Northern Plains
Inaugural Tribal Econ Summit to tackle financial growth, collaboration for Indigenous communities in Northern Plains
Adrianna Adame
Native Nations
Dakota Access Pipeline
Greenpeace seeks court permission to research mailer critical of DAPL protests
The direct mailer resembles a print newspaper
Mary Steurer / North Dakota Monitor
Lakota Lawsuit
Standing Rock to sue to gain Lakota language materials
The Lakota Language Consortium has a long, sordid past with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and particular one of its citizens
Amelia Schafer / ICT + Rapid City Journal
Arts & Culture
Wounded Knee
Johnson reintroduces bill to protect Wounded Knee Massacre site
The massacre occurred Dec. 29, 1890. An estimated 200 to 300 or more Lakota died.
Makenzie Huber / South Dakota Searchlight
Historic Injustice
Indian boarding school history won’t go away
Washington Post investigation expands on data collected by Department of the Interior
Mary Annette Pember / ICT
Opinion
Opinion
Mystery Sightings
UFO-drone sightings in Indian Country began long before East Coast buzz
Hidatsa man named Mabokshaa Isttii Huh Duh thought he was ‘seeing things’
Todd Hall
Opinion
The pick
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?
Todd Hall
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What are 638 contracts and how they work
Cultural Considerations
The 2025 Dietary Guidelines Scientific Report Provides Historic Inclusion of Indigenous Nutritional Needs
Indigenous Education
Tribes take content lead in updated Tribal curriculum guides for North Dakota schools, debut around corner
Announcement
Happy 2025 from Buffalo’s Fire
Dakota Access Pipeline
13 more GOP states sign on to oppose Standing Rock Sioux in new lawsuit over DAPL
Tribal Opposition
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Push Back Against Lumbee Fairness Act
Bismarck Events
Sacred Pipe Resource Center invites community to kick off 2025 with family activities, prizes
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