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Independent News from the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance

Sovereignty Concerns

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

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

As more American companies are targeted in cyber crimes, there are a few things individuals can do to improve their “cyber hygiene,” cybersecurity experts say.

Paige Gross / North Dakota Monitor

Resources for Native peoples in the Los Angeles wildfires

Sovereignty Strengthened

Standing Rock chair opens North Dakota Legislature, urges collaboration with tribes

Inaugural Tribal Econ Summit tackles financial growth on Northern Plains

Sovereignty Strengthened

Standing Rock chair stresses building unity and infrastructure

Infrastructure, healthcare, and sovereignty: tribal leaders address state legislature

Mary Steurer / North Dakota Monitor

Johnson reintroduces bill to protect Wounded Knee Massacre site

Makenzie Huber / South Dakota Searchlight

Cultural Considerations

The 2025 Dietary Guidelines Scientific Report Provides Historic Inclusion of Indigenous Nutritional Needs

Merry Christmas from Buffalo’s Fire

Mystery Sightings

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

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

Native Narratives

The radical act of sharing Native literature

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

Dakota Access Pipeline

Pipeline owner joins lawsuit over Dakota Access Pipeline

Bismarck Civic Center

Culture’d Couture fashion show brings Bismarck-Mandan community together for Native art and style

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

Watershed Defense

Black Hills gold mining ban protects land, water, Sioux Nation ‘church’

Interior Department safeguards sacred waters for 20 years; tribes seek broader security for area watersheds

Tracy L. Barnett

Language Milestone

Diné bizaad becomes official language of Navajo Nation

Indigenous Education

Native students, national lab engineers collaborate in ASPIRE Summer Academy’s paid internships

Indigenous Education

Tribes take content lead in updated Tribal curriculum guides for North Dakota schools, debut around corner

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

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

JT Shining Oneside shares generational wisdom at Native American Heritage Month Celebration

Arts & Culture

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

Native Athletes

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

Fifty athletes from 35 tribal communities and reservations take the field for a free exhibition following a four-day camp and leadership program

Native American Athletic Foundation

Enduring Legacy

‘President Jimmy Carter, Rest in Peace’

Fate uncertain for Wounded Knee land bill and medals review as massacre commemoration approaches

Bismarck Events

Native Inc. set to host evening of Lakota storytelling, winter solstice teachings

The Daily Spark