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November 5, 2024
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BIA to hold town hall on abuse, neglect issues

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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

The BIA assumed control of the Spirit Lake tribe’s social service programs after criticism that the tribe has failed to protect vulnerable children.


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Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
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Jodi Rave Spotted Bear is the founder and director of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance, a 501-C-3 nonprofit organization with offices in Bismarck, N.D. and the Fort Berthold Reservation. Jodi spent 15 years reporting for the mainstream press. She's been awarded prestigious Nieman and John S. Knight journalism fellowships at Harvard and Stanford, respectively. She also an MIT Knight Science Journalism Project fellow. Her writing is featured in "The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity," published by Columbia University Press. Jodi currently serves as a Society of Professional Journalists at-large board member, an SPJ Foundation board member, and she chairs the SPJ Freedom of Information Committee. Jodi has won top journalism awards from mainstream and Native press organizations. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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