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North Dakota Monitor: Tribes support call for new national monument (December 3, 2024)
The proposed Maah Daah Hey National Monument would protect sacred lands in North Dakota.
Native America Calling: Native Bookshelf with Louise Erdrich (November 29, 2024)
Louise Erdrich’s latest novel draws its name from a river flowing through Ojibwe territory.
KFF Health News: Tribes still dealing with years-long syphilis outbreak (November 13, 2024)
According to the Great Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center, syphilis rates among Native people in its region soared by 1,865 percent from 2020 to 2022.
“We are fighting for our rights and the water that is life for Oceti Sakowin tribes,” Chairwoman Janet Alkire said on Indigenous Peoples Day.
A joint oversight hearing on “Severe Food Distribution Shortages in Tribal and Elderly Communities” takes place on September 11, 2024.
A joint oversight hearing on “Severe Food Distribution Shortages in Tribal and Elderly Communities” takes place on September 11, 2024.
Indian Country still dealing with food shortage crisis (September 9, 2024)
Tribal leaders, joined by lawmakers from both parties, are demanding answers from the Biden administration about a food shortage crisis that has hit the most vulnerable in Indian Country.
Grist: Rez dogs are feeling the heat from climate change (August 12, 2024)
As global temperatures rise and events like wildfires become more extreme, the stakes are rising for Native communities and their animals.
Native America Calling: Wildfire threat increases in the West (August 6, 2024)
Wildfires on tribal lands have already claimed at least two lives and destroyed dozens of homes in New Mexico and Arizona. Now even more reservations are facing threats.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds an oversight hearing on public safety in Native communities.
It’s been more than a year and some Native parents in North Dakota still haven’t received child support payments following an abrupt change by the Internal Revenue Service.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts a roundtable discussion on May 8, 2024.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts a roundtable discussion on May 8, 2024.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is hosting a roundtable discussion on a recent federal report about Native children.
Citing a troubling disparity for self-harm among Native youth, two tribes are suing the country’s most prominent social media companies.
The Department of Education has opened a civil rights investigation into the treatment of Native athletes at public schools in North Dakota.
Kaiser Health News: Native communities hit by epidemic of syphilis (March 22, 2024)
“Syphilis is deadly to babies. It’s highly infectious, and it causes very severe outcomes,” said Meghan Curry O’Connell of the Great Plains Tribal Leaders’ Health Board.
Native America Calling: Native voting access (December 20, 2023)
Tribes are facing new challenges as they seek to protect Native voter access at the polls.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hosts an oversight hearing titled, “Fentanyl in Native Communities: Native Perspectives on Addressing the Growing Crisis” on November 8, 2023.
Native America Calling: Tribes resolve land dispute 150 years in the making (November 6, 2023)
“This victory is long overdue,” lead plaintiff Leslie Wilkie Peltier (Turtle Mountain Chippewa) said of a $59 million trust settlement with the United States.
Few states make the grade when it comes to tribal inclusion in voting maps (October 12, 2023)
Tribes must be included “from the very beginning” of the redistricting process in order to ensure American Indian and Alaska Native voices are heard at the polls.
DVIDS: Tribes reclaim children lost at Carlisle Indian boarding school (October 11, 2023)
The U.S. Army finalized its sixth disinterment project, returning four Native children to their families.
Native America Calling: The scope of the massive Arizona Medicaid scam expands (September 22, 2023)
Join Native America Calling to find out the latest on the efforts to help the Native people harmed by a massive Medicaid scam in Arizona.
The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation has spent over $115 million on properties along the famed Las Vegas Strip. Tribal citizens are upset.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is hosting a roundtable to hear about Native priorities for the upcoming Farm Bill.
The highest court in the land is once again taking up a case that will determine whether the United States lives up to its promises to tribal nations.
MSU News: Grant helps tribes address transportation needs (November 29, 2022)
The Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University will provide transportation outreach and technical assistance to 29 tribes across five states.
The Conversation: Advancing food sovereignty in Indigenous communities (October 5, 2022)
The lack of baseline data on the scale and scope of Indigenous involvement in agriculture continues to be an obstacle to effective engagement of Indigenous communities.
‘Huge loss for the world’: Lakota cultural bearer Kevin Locke passes on (October 5, 2022)
Kevin Locke — renowned hoop dancer, flute player and educator of Lakota language and culture — passed away suddenly at the age of 68.
Indian gaming revenues hit record $39 billion despite COVID-19 (August 10, 2022)
The tribal casino industry has rebounded dramatically despite the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, with revenues reaching a record high.
The legacy of colonialism continues to exist in 2022 through this most recent action by the U.S. Supreme Court to deny Native — and all — women the right to body sovereignty.
Once again, Indigenous communities like mine are treated as a commodity to be extracted rather than human beings in a natural world, both deserving of respect and protection.
The Native American Rights Fund has announced the selection of Matthew Campbell as deputy director.
Federal investigation sought into ban of Native people at hotel (March 30, 2022)
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is calling on the Department of Justice to investigate a business that has banned Native patrons.
The people of the Dakota, Lakota and Nakota nations came together to take a stand against racism and discrimination on their homelands.
Joe Biden is a man of vision — he is working to “Restore the Soul of America.”
Howard Center: Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation caught in flaring debate (February 28, 2022)
The Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota, home to a massive amount of natural gas flaring, is battling for regulatory control over this wasteful practice.
Native America Calling: Native voters face new hurdles (February 28, 2022)
Wisconsin is the latest state to pass a slate of new voting laws that put up barriers for many voters, including Native ones.
The Biden administration has confirmed that the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation owns the minerals underneath the Missouri River.
White House won’t ‘predict’ decision on Leonard Peltier (January 28, 2022)
The White House isn’t shedding light on what President Biden thinks about imprisoned American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier.
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