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Randy Christmann made an appearance at the Republican watch party at Bismarck State College to connect and talk with voters on Nov. 5. (Photo credit/ Adrianna Adame) Randy Christmann made an appearance at the Republican watch party at Bismarck State College to connect and talk with voters on Nov. 5. (Photo credit/ Adrianna Adame) Community

North Dakotans re-elect Public Service Commission Chair Randy Christmann over Native candidate

  • November 6, 2024

North Dakotans re-elected Randy Christmann as Public Service Commissioner on the Nov. 5th ballot, casting 30% of the vote for Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa citizen Tracey Wilkie. The race was critical even beyond state boundaries, as the utilities regulator ... Read More

Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, left, campaigns on Nov. 2, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina, while the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump, speaks to a crowd in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Nov. 4, 2024. (Getty photos, of Harris by Justin Sullivan and of Trump by Chip Somodevilla) Featured Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, left, campaigns on Nov. 2, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina, while the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump, speaks to a crowd in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Nov. 4, 2024. (Getty photos, of Harris by Justin Sullivan and of Trump by Chip Somodevilla)

Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, left, campaigns on Nov. 2, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina, while the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump, speaks to a crowd in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Nov. 4, 2024. (Getty photos, of Harris by Justin Sullivan and of Trump by Chip Somodevilla)

Former President Donald Trump on the cusp of a second term after victories in swing states

  • November 6, 2024

Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, left, campaigns on Nov. 2, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina, while the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump, speaks to a crowd in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Nov. 4, 2024. (Getty photos, of Harris by Justin Sullivan and of Trump by Chip Somodevilla)

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump was poised early Wednesday to once again assume the ... Read More

Members of the Native American Rights Fund staff in Boulder, Colorado, monitor voting information and respond to voting questions via the organization’s Election Protection Hotline on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo by Amy-Marie Echohawk/courtesy of Native American Rights Fund) Featured Members of the Native American Rights Fund staff in Boulder, Colorado, monitor voting information and respond to voting questions via the organization’s Election Protection Hotline on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo by Amy-Marie Echohawk/courtesy of Native American Rights Fund)

Members of the Native American Rights Fund staff in Boulder, Colorado, monitor voting information and respond to voting questions via the organization’s Election Protection Hotline on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo by Amy-Marie Echohawk/courtesy of Native American Rights Fund)

Troubles at the ballot box: Tribal IDs often aren’t accepted

  • November 6, 2024

Members of the Native American Rights Fund staff in Boulder, Colorado, monitor voting information and respond to voting questions via the organization’s Election Protection Hotline on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo by Amy-Marie Echohawk/courtesy of Native American Rights Fund)

Voters who hoped to use their tribal identification cards to cast their ballots are hitting ... Read More

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North Dakota sees strong early voting numbers, signaling ‘enthusiasm’

  • November 5, 2024

North Dakota could be on its way to a historic voter participation rate based on early voting turnout and potential Election Day vote totals, Secretary of State Michael Howe said Monday. More than 182,000 ballots had been cast in North Dakota’s ... Read More

A voter fills out a ballot using a touch screen device during the first day of early voting in Burleigh County at the Bismarck Event Center on Oct. 24, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

Brave Heart- an Indigenous SDNG Soldier and his journey to receive religious hair accommodation

  • November 4, 2024

Spc. Moses Brave Heart of the South Dakota Army National Guard’s 235th Military Police Co. has served in the national guard for the last five years and has begun the regrowth of his hair after finally receiving his exception to ... Read More

Spc. Moses Brave Heart of the South Dakota Army National Guard’s 235th Military Police Company is pictured with his eagle feather as he exercises his right to grow his hair out in accordance with his religious beliefs and culture as a member of the Oglala Sioux tribe and his exception to policy in accordance with regulations and in accordance with 1978 Indian Religious Freedom Act. U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Breanne Donnell

‘Weird’ newspaper calls out DAPL pipeline protests eight years later

  • November 1, 2024

The newspaper’s motto reads “Real data. Real value. Real news.” But there is nothing real about it. The Central ND News has many of the hallmarks of a legitimate news source — headlines, infographics and 12 pages of newsprint. But the ... Read More

These are pages from the Central ND News, a newspaper that showed up at North Dakotans’ homes purporting to provide local news. Instead, the paper is aimed at maligning protests of the Dakota Access Pipeline from eight years ago and boosting key Republican campaign talking points. (Lee Pedinoff / Floodlight)

What Project 2025 has to say about Native communities

  • November 1, 2024

As in previous tight election years, Native voters will have an important role in the outcome of the 2024 election, especially in key swing states where the margins are slim. The political initiative known as “Project 2025” — and its vision ... Read More

Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe Councilman Donald Medart joins members of Congress, tribal leaders and community advocates at a rally in Washington, D.C., this April to urge the Biden administration to expand, designate and protect national monuments. In Project 2025, William Perry Pendley recommends for a full repeal of the president’s ability to create national monuments. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Monumental Call for Action

Tribes reach for sun, start from ground up

  • October 31, 2024

On an unseasonably hot day in mid-October, three apprentices learning to install solar panels clambered on the roof of a community building in the small township of Wakpala, on the Standing Rock Reservation. Three weeks into their apprenticeship, they had ... Read More

Lightspring Solar apprentices install solar panels on the roof of a community building in the small township of Wakpala, on the Standing Rock Reservation. (Photo credit/ Grace Fiori)

Indigenous Governance Model Gains Momentum with New Bylaw Amendments

  • October 30, 2024

In a move aimed at honoring traditional Indigenous governance practices, the Indigenous Parent Advisory Committee approved a series of bylaw amendments designed to bring collective decision-making to the forefront.  At a recent open meeting, committee members and parents gathered to discuss ... Read More

Bismarck Public School Superintendent Jeff Fastnacht explained that the district needs to make adjustments to the bell schedule due to a shortage of bus drivers and delays in pickup times during the Indigenous Parent Advisory Committee meeting on Oct. 29. (Photo credit/ Adrianna Adame)

Overdose deaths are rising among Black and Indigenous Americans

  • October 30, 2024

The recent decline in overdose deaths hides a tremendous disparity by race: Deaths have fallen only among white people while continuing to rise among people of color, according to a new Stateline analysis of federal data. Health experts in nonwhite communities say ... Read More

Carlos Santiago, an ambassador and driver for the Greater Hartford Harm Reduction Coalition (now known as the Connecticut Harm Reduction Alliance), works at a mobile overdose prevention event in 2022 in New Haven, Conn. Nationally, overdose deaths have decreased among white people in recent years but increased among people of color. (Courtesy of Connecticut Harm Reduction Alliance, formerly known as Greater Hartford Harm Reduction Coalition)

Sharing addiction story ‘so worth it,’ Kathryn Burgum says

  • October 30, 2024

First lady Kathryn Burgum has been the face of the Office of Recovery Reinvented, focused on ending the stigma around the disease of addiction. Now as Gov. Doug Burgum wraps up his final term, she is advocating for those efforts ... Read More

North Dakota first lady Kathryn Burgum speaks during the 2023 Recovery Reinvented event at Minot State University on Oct. 5, 2023. (Contributed/Office of the North Dakota Governor)