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North Dakota lawmakers to review key bills impacting Native American communities

Bills on healthcare, education, criminal justice and tribal tourism will be discussed in upcoming legislative sessions that could affect Native populations.

Buffalo’s Fire

Funding Changes

Mandaree School District faces changes to federal funding policy

The March meeting gathered input on how proposed changes to federal education funding may affect BIE students and their cultural ties to school programs.

Buffalo’s Fire

ND Native photographer featured in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art exhibition

Zig Jackson first American Indian to earn photography degree from San Francisco Art Institute

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

Zig Jackson’s Vision: ‘Culture is the most powerful thing you have in art’

‘Big Muddy’: North Dakota approaches deadline in high-stakes MHA oil tax lawsuit

Attorneys muck through state, tribal claims for Missouri River mineral rights

Senators Push to Expand VA Transportation Grants for Rural Veterans

Buffalo’s Fire

Treaty Obligations

For Indian Country, federal cuts decimate core tribal programs

Alex Brown / North Dakota Monitor

North Dakota faces major housing shortage as baby boomers age

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Bismarck-Mandan

Dakota Access Pipeline

Media petition North Dakota Supreme Court for expanded access to Greenpeace trial

Amy Dalrymple / North Dakota Monitor

Free school meals bill fails in the North Dakota House

Tribal consultation

Bill seeks to strengthen tribal consultation on North Dakota legislation

Free school meals bill advances in North Dakota legislative committee

Workforce Strain

Bill proposes repeal of immigration office amidst workforce crisis

Voter registration, campaign finance reporting debated by North Dakota lawmakers

Fresh Leadership

Daniela Aki: Igniting a New Chapter at Buffalo’s Fire

Northern Plains

Trump policies leave North Dakota summer tourism prospects uncertain

Michael Standaert / North Dakota News Cooperative

Shocking disparities: American Indians in North Dakota die 22.5 years younger than white residents

Dearth of women in top higher ed leadership in North Dakota causes concern

School software provider is the latest target of major hack of personal data

Native Issues

Dakota Access Pipeline

Greenpeace asks North Dakota Supreme Court to move Dakota Access Pipeline trial to Fargo

Mary Steurer / North Dakota Monitor

Education Drive

United Tribes Technical College launches video series to recruit Native educators

Three Affiliated Tribes among IHS grant recipients for health care expansion

Healing Journey

‘Sugarcane’ directors receive Oscar nomination with documentary on boarding schools, hope and healing

BIA’s Missing and Murdered Unit Tackles Crisis with Operation Spirit Return

Sovereignty Shift

Valandra Takes Helm at Indian Land Tenure Foundation

Shaping Futures

Assistant Education Secretary nominee, Kirsten Baesler aims to help students become ‘future-ready’

Native Nations

Activism continues

Leonard Peltier remains defiant in AP interview, maintaining innocence and vowing continued activism

Graham Lee Brewer / Associated Press

Leonard Peltier: ‘Today I am finally free’

Proud, cheerful and emotional, Leonard Peltier thanks supporters for welcome home

Leonard Peltier: ‘Today I am finally free’

Bismarck, North Dakota

Unprecedented TribalEcon Summit features trade history, vendors in North Dakota capital

International pressure, stateside push leads to act of clemency for AIM icon Leonard Peltier

Lost Opportunity

Senate confirmation hearings for Interior secretary gloss over Native issues

Dakota Access Pipeline

Pipeline owner joins lawsuit over Dakota Access Pipeline

Dakota Access Pipeline

Greenpeace seeks court permission to research mailer critical of DAPL protests

Arts & Culture

Cultural Identity

Zig Jackson’s Vision: ‘Culture is the most powerful thing you have in art’

Fashion & Heritage

Lily Gladstone’s historic Oscar gowns, celebrating Native heritage, go on display in D.C.

Sundance Film Festival

‘Endless Cookie’ animated documentary satisfies the appetite for the unseen, unknown

Johnson reintroduces bill to protect Wounded Knee Massacre site

Historic Injustice

Indian boarding school history won’t go away

Native Athletes

Native American All-Star Football Game at the Frisco Star set to showcase top athletes

Enduring Legacy

‘President Jimmy Carter, Rest in Peace’

Opinion

Kristi Noem’s Homeland Security confirmation skirts tribal controversies in her home state

Trump should grant Leonard Peltier a full pardon, toss home confinement

Sovereignty Concerns

North Dakota’s Tribal-State legislative address raises concerns, questions

Mystery Sightings

UFO-drone sightings in Indian Country began long before East Coast buzz

Next secretary of the Interior should elevate allotted landowner rights

Stories you might have missed

Legislators push for more affordable housing with new bill

Proud, cheerful and emotional, Leonard Peltier thanks supporters for welcome home

AFN calls for Indigenous trade alliance as U.S. tariffs loom

Tribal Leadership

Rudy Soto to lead national tribal housing council

Two MMIP proposals advance at North Dakota Statehouse

Global Recognition

Indigenous Knowledge Earns Global Recognition in ‘Nobel Prize for the Environment’

Education Threatened

‘Losing our voice, losing our space’