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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’

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

Fort Berthold Reservation farmers’ market draws a lot of love

‘It’s a hobby, sitting out here and meeting people’

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

Tribal and national sovereignty should be bound by fiscal responsibility and financial transparency

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

Tribes, 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

‘Be that changemaker’: USDA consultation with tribal leaders follows congressional testimony

Long-term solutions will incorporate ‘tribal self-determination wherever possible’

‘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

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

The 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

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

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

Turtle 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’

Court orders North Dakota to adopt Native’s proposed voter districts

Tribes welcome end of state’s stonewalling

North Dakota House draws new legislative subdistricts, brings two tribes to the table

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear