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Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe Councilman Donald Medart joins members of Congress, tribal leaders and community advocates at a rally in Washington, D.C., this April to urge the Biden administration to expand, designate and protect national monuments. In Project 2025, William Perry Pendley recommends for a full repeal of the president’s ability to create national monuments. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Monumental Call for Action

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Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Freedom of Information Ordinance: https://weblink.grandronde.org/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=108497&dbid=0&repo=Grand-Ronde&cr=1

Grand Ronde records request form: https://www.grandronde.org/media/1948/v1_records-request-form-and-ordinance_c2020_0805.pdf

Indigenous Journalists Association Free Press Resources: https://najanewsroom.com/free-press-resources/

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.