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Change Makers

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

"This is Real Life": Local nonprofit calls for more support for unhoused, recovery services

Adrianna Adame

Hacker Alert

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

As more American companies are targeted in cyber crimes, there are a few things individuals can do to improve their “cyber hygiene,” cybersecurity experts say.

Paige Gross / North Dakota Monitor

Tribal Growth

Inaugural Tribal Econ Summit tackles financial growth on Northern Plains

Inaugural Tribal Econ Summit to tackle financial growth, collaboration for Indigenous communities in Northern Plains

Adrianna Adame

Bismarck Events

Sacred Pipe Resource Center invites community to kick off 2025 with family activities, prizes

New Year’s Eve celebration to feature lip-sync showdown

Adrianna Adame

North Dakota

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’

Adrianna Adame

Events

Sacred Pipe Resource Center

Indigenous Parent Advisory Committee draws hundreds with back-to-school event

'We want them to feel welcome and free to come speak to us'

Adrianna Adame

Rapid City

Black Hills events embrace Two-Spirit community

A three-day celebration by Uniting Resilience in Rapid City, S.D., celebrated Two-Spirit identity during the last weekend of Pride

Amelia Schafer / Rapid City Journal + ICT

Liberation

Bismarck Juneteenth celebration calls for liberation, acknowledgment of Black history

Organizers push for North Dakota to recognize Juneteenth as an official holiday

Adrianna Adame

Announcements

Honoring Native American Heritage Month: A Time for Reflection, Acknowledgment, and Action

Joannie Suina, Ed.D (Pueblo of Cochiti), Director of Communications / National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition

Brave Heart- an Indigenous SDNG Soldier and his journey to receive religious hair accommodation

Staff Sgt. Breanne Donnell- SDNG Public Affairs Specialist / SD Army National Guard

MHA Nation statement on North Dakota wildfires

MHA Nation

MHA Nation General Council “We the People” Fort Berthold, North Dakota

MHA Nation General Council “We the People”

Program selects Indigenous midwives and advocates to share cultural, generational knowledge

Indigenous communities experience infant mortality at nearly twice the rate in U.S. and Canada

Spirit Aligned Leadership