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Can reservation border town hide from its legacy of anti-Indigenous violence?

Farmington, New Mexico has a history of violence

B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster / High Country News

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

‘Without our Turtle Mountain Chippewa and Ojibwe Anishinaabe roots, we wouldn't be here’

Learning and Laughing with ‘Your Two-Spirit Aunties’

Shilo George and Brianna Bragg help listeners tap into humor, joy and the idea of survivance through their podcast.

Nika Bartoo-Smith / Underscore Native News + ICT

My family experienced Indian boarding schools – and genocide

Why Biden’s apology didn’t go far enough.

Rosalyn LaPier / High Country News

Economic development

Native Tourism Alliance to support entrepreneurs

'I believe that it is an act of sovereignty for a tribe to take control of their cultural history by telling their own story. And what better way to do that than tourism with people from your local community to even internationally?'

Jackie Hendry / South Dakota News Watch VIA ICT

Honoring Excellence

North Dakota Native American Hall of Honor inducts new members

New inductees include a school superintendent, tribal law attorney, and championship-winning athletes

Mary Steurer / North Dakota Monitor

Interior Secretary nominee draws praise from tribal leaders

Leaders from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate expressed joy regarding President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior

Amelia Schafer / Rapid City Journal & ICT

North Dakota tribal leaders see Burgum as an ally in Interior, energy role

Burgum will succeed Interior Secretary Deb Haaland of New Mexico

Mary Steurer / North Dakota Monitor

Cultural Preservation

Intertribal tourism alliance holds free Native American Heritage Month Celebration this weekend in North Dakota capital

‘The message is that we as tribal people belong here and we're still here’

Raising the Spirit: UTTC Thunderbird Cheerleaders kick off their season with new uniforms, dances

New uniforms and growing roster signal bright future for second-year squad