In Indian Country, major election years bring a deluge of messaging that “voting is sacred,” as then-Congresswoman and current Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said during the 2020 Democratic National Convention. The push to get out the Native vote is strong; ... Read More
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As Native Americans across the U.S. come together on Monday for Indigenous Peoples Day to celebrate their ... Read More
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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)
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)
A typical Saturday night at the Tioga Medical Center turned out to be a whole ... Read More
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
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)
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe on Monday filed a new lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers arguing that the Dakota Access Pipeline is operating illegally and must be shut down. The tribe has long opposed the pipeline, also referred ... 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)
In 2006, at six years old, Wanbli Waunsila Wi Eagle attended He Sapa Wacipi or the Black Hills Powwow for the first time. She’d just received her first title as Little Miss Standing Rock Community Schools one month prior and attending ... 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)
As North Dakota prepares to celebrate First Nations Day, tribal citizens are calling for a transformative shift to Indigenous Peoples’ Day, aiming to honor the state's rich American Indian heritage while challenging the narratives tied to Columbus Day. Indigenous Peoples’ Day ... 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)
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)
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)
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 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)
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)
