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The Daily Spark

Quick Stories, Must Reads

New curriculum supports food sovereignty education

News and Information relevant to Native communities

Shaping Futures

As Assistant U.S. Education Secretary nominee, North Dakota Superintendent Kirsten Baesler aims to help students become ‘future-ready’

State specialist in American Indian scholastic achievement: "She is a great leader and will be missed"

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

First Nations leader says proposed trade policies threaten Native economies and is urging U.S. tribes to join the fight.

Buffalo’s Fire

Tribal Leadership

Rudy Soto to lead national tribal housing council

The Shoshone Bannock tribal member and former USDA official takes over as NAIHC fights for stronger funding

Buffalo’s Fire

Two MMIP proposals advance at North Dakota Statehouse

Native legislator amends bill to empower tribal authorities

Global Recognition

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

Buffalo’s Fire

Free school meals bill advances in North Dakota legislative committee

Jeff Beach / North Dakota Monitor

Workforce Strain

Bill proposes repeal of immigration office amidst workforce crisis

Michael Standaert / North Dakota News Cooperative

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Quick stories, must reads

Bismarck-Mandan

Voter registration, campaign finance reporting debated by North Dakota lawmakers

Mary Steurer / North Dakota Monitor

Fresh Leadership

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

North Dakota tribal leaders seek to restore vehicle tax exemption

Hearing set Monday on bill that would provide free school meals for North Dakota students

North Dakota sued Interior at least five times under Doug Burgum. Now he’s set to run the agency

MHA Nation secures key victory as Supreme Court upholds majority-Native District 4A

Community Boost

Underserved rural communities targeted in legislative proposal

Northern Plains

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

Paige Gross / North Dakota Monitor

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

Native Issues

Education Threatened

‘Losing our voice, losing our space’

Jourdan Bennett-Begaye and Kalle Benallie / ICT

Sovereign Strength

Native nations embrace resilience, take action as political tides turn

Landowner Rights

Native landlords appeal to 8th Circuit for entry into Tesoro pipeline trespass

Reproductive Rights

Birth control, IVF protection needed in face of attacks, North Dakota bill sponsor says

Healing Journey

New Road Map Guides Brain Health in Native Communities

Crisis Response

North Dakota bills address MMIP crisis with interagency task force, new ‘Feather Alert’

Bismarck, North Dakota

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

Native Nations

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

Standing Rock to sue to gain Lakota language materials

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

Arts & Culture

Johnson reintroduces bill to protect Wounded Knee Massacre site

Makenzie Huber / South Dakota Searchlight

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’

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

Bismarck Civic Center

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

Opinion

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

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

Housing Advocate

Cheyenne River Sioux mother overcomes homelessness to advocate for housing rights

Affordable housing plan in North Dakota draws broad support

Health Care Clash

Three Affiliated Tribes Sanford insurance plan sends health care titans into a legal battle

Native Inc. staff push for change during Advocacy Day at North Dakota State Capitol

What are 638 contracts and how they work

Resources for Native peoples in the Los Angeles wildfires

Sovereignty Strengthened

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