By Mary Steurer North Dakota Monitor BISMARCK, ND – Gov. Doug Burgum opposed removing Dakota Access Pipeline protesters by force, he testified Monday. An email shown in a federal court trial indicated Burgum favored using humanitarian outreach to the camps as a means to end the protests that drew thousands
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MORTON, Minn. – It may be that Native American communities are now in an era of recovery, as the former president of the National Congress of American Indians Jefferson Keel (Chickasaw Nation) stated a decade ago. Keel cited several tribes’ large economic projects, like the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma
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WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced a final rule to update the federal regulations regarding Class III Indian gaming compacts. The Indian gaming industry remains one of the most significant drivers of Tribal economic development in Indian Country. The updated regulations provide clearer guidance for Tribes and states to negotiate
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Holocaust Memorial Day observed on January 27 Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD), observed every year on January 27, is an opportunity for different people and communities to come together, learn about the past, and work together to protect people at risk of persecution today. The date was chosen because
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While running for governor, Kristi Noem was joined by then-President Donald Trump for a Sioux Falls, S.D., fundraising event in 2018. Now she’s a possible vice presidential choice. (Photo: Argus Leader) ROCK VALLEY, Iowa – Waiting in line for the sign-up table at his Iowa Caucus precinct on Monday
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As the Iowa caucuses finish, former President Donald Trump’s rivals for the Republican nomination have conceded defeat. In the coming days, after taking his victory laps, Trump will move on to the next stage of his campaign: choosing his running mate. The favorite (according to multiple betting websites) is
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Golden Globe winner Lily Gladstone, a Native American actress with her performance in Killers of the Flower Moon. (courtesy photo) By Marnie Cook Native Sun News Today Assistant Editor Sometimes, it’s hard to see change. It can feel like every step is a slog, two steps forward and three steps
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A replica of a Forest Service sign in the parade float bears the words from the U.S. Supreme Court opinion about the theft of Black Hills treaty lands on July 22, 2023. Photo Courtesy/Black Hills Clean Water Alliance RAPID CITY – Conservation biologists consider the Black Hills a “sky island.”
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North Dakota state Rep. Robin Weisz, at left, and state Sen. Jerry Klein, both Republicans, inspect alternative maps proposed by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and the Spirit Lake Tribe, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, during a meeting of a top legislative panel at the state Capitol in
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Cutline Gary Whipple Gary Whipple, Honor’s uncle, shows a visitor the bench that Honor built with his classmates at Sapa Un Jesuit Academy in St. Francis, S.D. It has now become a memorial to the boy’s impact on the school. (Photo: Stu Whitney / South Dakota News Watch) Editor’s note:
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