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Lakota Lawsuit
Standing Rock to sue to gain Lakota language materials
The Lakota Language Consortium has a long, sordid past with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and particular one of its citizens
Amelia Schafer / ICT + Rapid City Journal
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
Justice served
Murder-for-hire trial brings former TAT chairman to witness stand
A North Dakota tribal leader's oil deal with a convicted criminal leads to murder, betrayal, and a web of deceit that reaches from the Bakken oil fields to a Washington courtroom.
Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation
Read MoreFort Berthold Reservation farmers’ market draws a lot of love
‘It’s a hobby, sitting out here and meeting people’
Grace Fiori
Tribe goes back to its roots with a massive greenhouse operation
Eventually totaling about 14.5 acres, officials say would make it one of the world's largest facilities of its type
Jack Dura / Associated Press VIA ICT
Great Plains Indian Trading unveils venue In New Town, N.D.
Native-run trading post to host celebration at store
Adrianna Adame
Tribal and national sovereignty should be bound by fiscal responsibility and financial transparency
Todd Hall
EPA moves to strengthen air quality standards for oil and gas industry on Fort Berthold Reservation
Questions arise on how frac sand impacts humans, insects, water, soil and grass
Lisa Finley-DeVille /
Spirit Lake Tribe
Read MoreTribes, state argue redistricting case to federal appeals court
Case could decide who can bring voting rights lawsuits alleging racial discrimination in several states
Mary Steurer / North Dakota Monitor
Spirit Lake Nation commodity food program turns to tribal buffalo herd for meat
Advocates want lawmakers to extend Farm Bill self-determination pilot project
Grace Fiori
‘Be that changemaker’: USDA consultation with tribal leaders follows congressional testimony
Long-term solutions will incorporate ‘tribal self-determination wherever possible’
Grace Fiori
‘Gross negligence’: Shortages in USDA food aid for Native Americans blasted in Congress
Jennifer Shutt / North Dakota Monitor
U.S. Senators push USDA to rectify shortages at tribal food assistance programs
Tribal communities left without staple foods; legislators demand solutions
Grace Fiori
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Read MoreThe Documenters Network welcomes four new communities in Kansas, New Jersey and North Dakota
Tribal public meetings, public funding and collaborative journalism: Meet the newest members of the Documenters Network
Max Resnik / City Bureau
After 40 years, Vietnam veteran finally shares what happened to him after basic training
Clara Caufield
LaDonna Brave Bull Allard: Native youths, ‘Water Protectors’ carry DAPL matriarch legacy forward
Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
Standing Rock Youth Council ask President Biden to shut down DAPL and Line 3 pipelines as they finish 93-mile run in protest
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Check out 11-yr-old Aslan Tudor’s Standing Rock book: ‘Young Water Protectors’
Vincent Schilling / Indian Country Today
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
Read MoreTurtle Mountain Band of Chippewa gift five symbolic white buffalo calves to neighboring tribes
Tribal leaders hope buffalo calves will usher in time of ‘renewal and healing’
Grace Fiori
Court orders North Dakota to adopt Native’s proposed voter districts
Tribes welcome end of state’s stonewalling
Adrianna Adame
North Dakota House draws new legislative subdistricts, brings two tribes to the table
Jodi Rave Spotted Bear