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Crow presentation: Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010

JT Shining Oneside shared stories about her Ojibwe and Anishinaabe inheritance during the Native American Heritage Month Celebration on Nov. 15. She spoke about the coming-of-age and traditional birth ceremonies. (Photo credit/ Adrianna Adame)

INFORMATIONAL MEETING

CROW WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT ACT OF 2010

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CROW TRIBE-MONTANA WATER RIGHTS COMPACT

PRESENTED BY CROW TRIBE OFFICE OF EXECUTIVE COUNSEL AND WATER OUTREACH COMMITTEE
March 14, 2011
5:30 P.M. – 9:00 P.M.
THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA
PAYNE FAMILY NATIVE AMERICAN CENTER
ROOM 105

PIZZA AND DRINKS WILL BE PROVIDED

INFORMATIONAL PACKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

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.