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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe helps dedicate Sitting Bull center (05/15)
A view of the new Sitting Bull Visitor Information Center in Fort Yates, North Dakota. Photo © Sitting Bull College The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Sitting Bull College...
Filed Under: National
Turtle Mountain woman, 77, provides foster care for decades (05/14)
Joyce Dumont, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, has raised 69 children, including dozens in foster care, over the past six decades. At age 77,...
Filed Under: Politics
Voters oust two incumbents from Spirit Lake Nation's council (05/09)
Members of the Spirit Lake Nation of North Dakota ousted two incumbents in a general election on Tuesday. Nancy Greene-Robertson defeated incumbent Barbara Jackson for the secretary-treasurer position. Leander “Russ”...
Filed Under: Business | Environment | National
Delvin Cree: North Dakota tribe breaks ground on oil refinery (05/09)
A tribally owned refinery project costing $450 million is getting closer to development stages.
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation questions tax deal law (05/08)
The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation is questioning a new law that requires the state of North Dakota to negotiate a new oil tax agreement with the tribe. The law...
Filed Under: Law
Authorities treating death on Spirit Lake Nation as a homicide (05/03)
The FBI and the Bureau of Indian Affairs are investigating a homicide on the Spirit Lake Nation in North Dakota. An FBI agent told The Grand Forks Herald that an...
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
Lawmakers kill tax deal for Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation (05/02)
The North Dakota House voted down a bill that included a new oil tax agreement for the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation. The tribe wants to receive an equal share...
Filed Under: National
BIA superintendent at Spirit Lake Nation takes early retirement (05/02)
Rod Cavanaugh, former BIA superintendent in Fort Totten, North Dakota. Photo Courtesy Bureau of Indian Affairs. Rod Cavanaugh, the superintendent at the Bureau of Indian Affairs agency in Fort...
Filed Under: Environment | National
Report warns of threats from fracking to water supply in West (05/02)
A new study says stressed communities in the West are facing growing competition from hydraulic fracturing, a controversial energy-processing technique that's commonly known as fracking. Fracking requires the use of...
Filed Under: Opinion
Heidi Heitkamp: Tackling poverty on North Dakota reservations (05/02)
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-North Dakota) is a new member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. A day doesn’t go by without someone asking me about North Dakota’s economic success. Because...
Filed Under: Law
Man sentenced to life for homicides of Yankton Sioux family (05/01)
A citizen of Somalia was sentenced to four consecutive life terms for the homicides of three members of the Yankton Sioux Tribe and a fourth person. Omar Mohamed Kalmio,...
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United Tribes Technical College moves ahead with $33M hotel (04/30)
The United Tribes Technical College of North Dakota is moving forward with a $33 million hotel project. The hotel will be located on the northwest corner of the UTTC campus,...
Filed Under: Law
Spirit Lake Nation man sentenced for urinating on BIA officer (04/29)
A man from the Spirit Lake Nation of North Dakota was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for urinating on a Bureau of Indian Affairs corrections officer. Gavin Leesen...
Filed Under: Opinion
Ruth Hopkins: North Dakota voter law threatens Native rights (04/25)
Ruth Hopkins on a voter identification law in North Dakota: Voter ID laws are controversial because many believe they disenfranchise legitimate elderly, student, and minority voters. Discouraging even a small...
Filed Under: Politics
Petition to remove Spirit Lake Nation chairman gathers steam (04/23)
Members of the Spirit Lake Nation of North Dakota continue to gather signatures on a petition to oust Roger Yankton as chairman. Petition organizers say they have collected enough signatures...
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe helps dedicate Sitting Bull center (05/15)
A view of the new Sitting Bull Visitor Information Center in Fort Yates, North Dakota. Photo © Sitting Bull College The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Sitting Bull College...
Filed Under: National
Turtle Mountain woman, 77, provides foster care for decades (05/14)
Joyce Dumont, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, has raised 69 children, including dozens in foster care, over the past six decades. At age 77,...
Filed Under: Politics
Voters oust two incumbents from Spirit Lake Nation's council (05/09)
Members of the Spirit Lake Nation of North Dakota ousted two incumbents in a general election on Tuesday. Nancy Greene-Robertson defeated incumbent Barbara Jackson for the secretary-treasurer position. Leander “Russ”...
Filed Under: Business | Environment | National
Delvin Cree: North Dakota tribe breaks ground on oil refinery (05/09)
A tribally owned refinery project costing $450 million is getting closer to development stages.
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation questions tax deal law (05/08)
The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation is questioning a new law that requires the state of North Dakota to negotiate a new oil tax agreement with the tribe. The law...
Filed Under: Law
Authorities treating death on Spirit Lake Nation as a homicide (05/03)
The FBI and the Bureau of Indian Affairs are investigating a homicide on the Spirit Lake Nation in North Dakota. An FBI agent told The Grand Forks Herald that an...
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
Lawmakers kill tax deal for Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation (05/02)
The North Dakota House voted down a bill that included a new oil tax agreement for the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation. The tribe wants to receive an equal share...
Filed Under: National
BIA superintendent at Spirit Lake Nation takes early retirement (05/02)
Rod Cavanaugh, former BIA superintendent in Fort Totten, North Dakota. Photo Courtesy Bureau of Indian Affairs. Rod Cavanaugh, the superintendent at the Bureau of Indian Affairs agency in Fort...
Filed Under: Environment | National
Report warns of threats from fracking to water supply in West (05/02)
A new study says stressed communities in the West are facing growing competition from hydraulic fracturing, a controversial energy-processing technique that's commonly known as fracking. Fracking requires the use of...
Filed Under: Opinion
Heidi Heitkamp: Tackling poverty on North Dakota reservations (05/02)
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-North Dakota) is a new member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. A day doesn’t go by without someone asking me about North Dakota’s economic success. Because...
Filed Under: Law
Man sentenced to life for homicides of Yankton Sioux family (05/01)
A citizen of Somalia was sentenced to four consecutive life terms for the homicides of three members of the Yankton Sioux Tribe and a fourth person. Omar Mohamed Kalmio,...
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United Tribes Technical College moves ahead with $33M hotel (04/30)
The United Tribes Technical College of North Dakota is moving forward with a $33 million hotel project. The hotel will be located on the northwest corner of the UTTC campus,...
Filed Under: Law
Spirit Lake Nation man sentenced for urinating on BIA officer (04/29)
A man from the Spirit Lake Nation of North Dakota was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for urinating on a Bureau of Indian Affairs corrections officer. Gavin Leesen...
Filed Under: Opinion
Ruth Hopkins: North Dakota voter law threatens Native rights (04/25)
Ruth Hopkins on a voter identification law in North Dakota: Voter ID laws are controversial because many believe they disenfranchise legitimate elderly, student, and minority voters. Discouraging even a small...
Filed Under: Politics
Petition to remove Spirit Lake Nation chairman gathers steam (04/23)
Members of the Spirit Lake Nation of North Dakota continue to gather signatures on a petition to oust Roger Yankton as chairman. Petition organizers say they have collected enough signatures...
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