Collins LIttlewhiteman, Northern Cheyenne old-time cowboy.(Photo courtesy Clara Caufield) LAME DEER, Mont. – I’ve known Collins for “long time now” and testify he is an Indian cowboy in spades. He likes to read what I write. When asked about a story on him, he shrugged. “Not much to tell. Just
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A dispute between the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, title companies and a local town resulted in the tribe blocking access to four roads crossing reservation land. (Photo courtesy of David Kievet) RAPID CITY—A land dispute in Wisconsin could eventually reach the Supreme Court and directly impact
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Sign in the front yard of a home at Star Village advertising Love Your Block. Photo by Marnie Cook STAR VILLAGE – The issues at Star Village have not been alleviated, but the residents there have begun a community engagement campaign to address the problems with the help of a
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This Lakota dancer in vibrantly colored full regalia was a contestant in the Dupree Wacipi dance contests to honor traditonal Lakota culture. (Photo courtesy of Patty Peacock) DUPREE – For the first time since 2018, the community enjoyed the 2025 Dupree Wacipi held July 11–13th. According to Jenny Jeffries, one
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CDKC Immersion Camp instructors:: Mina Seminole, coordinator; Christina Medicine Bull, St Labre; Alvera Cook, lame Deer Public Schools; Seidel Standing Elk, Lame Deer Public Schools; Lenora Wolfname, CDKC. LAME DEER, Mont. – Summer time is camping time: sports and educational camps for youth are ubiquitous. However, in Cheyenne Country, one
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Legislators attending a Redistricting Committee meeting Dec. 13, 2023, look at maps of different proposals. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor) Two North Dakota tribes and a group of tribal citizens have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to keep North Dakota’s district map in place while it considers whether to
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Artwork by Gene Swallow, Winner of the Publicity Award for Native POP 2025. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – It turned out to be a hot weekend for the Thirteenth Annual Native POP: People of the Plains two-day art market at Main Street Square in downtown Rapid City. This
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Sharon Howling Wolf, jockey for Howling Wolf Women’s Relay Team, Northern Cheyenne, rides to the win at Miles City, Season Opener (Photo by Wallace Bearchum) LAME DEER, Mont. – On Saturday, July 12, 2025 the Howling Wolf Indian Relay Team won first at the Horse Nations Indian Relay Competition at
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On the Roughlock Falls Nature Trail in Spearfish Canyon. (Photo by Marnie Cook) RAPID CITY – The Black Hills region is experiencing an unprecedented wave of mining and resource exploration activities, with multiple projects raising significant environmental and community concerns. There is another project comment period underway with a final
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Betty Osceola with the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians addresses environmental advocates and other protestors at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport on the Tamiami Trail E, Ochopee, Florida on Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Mike Stocker/ South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians
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