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Buffalo's Fire's Native Nations section provides in-depth coverage of news, issues, and events affecting the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, Spirit Lake Tribe, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians.
Activism continues
Leonard Peltier remains defiant in AP interview, maintaining innocence and vowing continued activism
Graham Lee Brewer / Associated Press
Justice Served
Leonard Peltier: ‘Today I am finally free’
Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
Bismarck, North Dakota
Unprecedented TribalEcon Summit features trade history, vendors in North Dakota capital
Adrianna Adame
Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation
Read MoreWater Funding
$849 million for Western water projects announced by Biden administration
Chase WoodRuff / North Dakota Monitor
Fort Berthold Reservation farmers’ market draws a lot of love
Grace Fiori
Tribe goes back to its roots with a massive greenhouse operation
Jack Dura / Associated Press VIA ICT
Great Plains Indian Trading unveils venue In New Town, N.D.
Adrianna Adame
Tribal and national sovereignty should be bound by fiscal responsibility and financial transparency
Todd Hall
Spirit Lake Tribe
Read MoreTribes, state argue redistricting case to federal appeals court
Mary Steurer / North Dakota Monitor
Spirit Lake Nation commodity food program turns to tribal buffalo herd for meat
Grace Fiori
‘Be that changemaker’: USDA consultation with tribal leaders follows congressional testimony
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
Grace Fiori
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Read MoreLakota Lawsuit
Standing Rock to sue to gain Lakota language materials
Amelia Schafer / ICT + Rapid City Journal
The Documenters Network welcomes four new communities in Kansas, New Jersey and North Dakota
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
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
Read MoreNorth Dakota
JT Shining Oneside shares generational wisdom at Native American Heritage Month Celebration
Adrianna Adame
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa gift five symbolic white buffalo calves to neighboring tribes
Grace Fiori
Court orders North Dakota to adopt Native’s proposed voter districts
Adrianna Adame
North Dakota House draws new legislative subdistricts, brings two tribes to the table
Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
