Gov. Doug Burgum, R-ND., speaks during the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Leaders from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate expressed joy regarding President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior
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Dakota 38+2 riders lead their horses across the state line from South Dakota into Minnesota.Ben Hovland / MPR News 2022 SANTEE Neb. – During Native American Heritage Month, we recognize and appreciate groups of Lakota horsemen and women who make efforts all year to honor Native American history and culture.
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Crow Butte Mining, a subsidiary of Cameco, drills for uranium at the Wohlers Ranch on the Niobrara River near Marsland, Nebraska. Courtesy of the Wohlers Ranch by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. RAPID CITY – The uranium market, which plummeted following the 2011 Fukushima disaster, is experiencing a revival. This resurgence
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Northern Cheyenne Inaugeration Parade. (Photo courtesy Facebook) LAME DEER – On Monday, November 18, 2024 though the weather was slightly against the celebratory Victory Parade held at 9:00 a.m., the remainder of the 2024 Inaugural festivities to swear in the newly elected Tribal President, Vice President, Tribal Judges and half
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Lawsuits filed requesting new election at Northern Cheyenne LAME DEER, Mont. – When former Tribal President Serena Wetherelt, Northern Cheyenne lost her bid for re-election by a mere four (4) votes during the November 5, 2024 Tribal General election, many on the reservation expected and even encouraged her to petition
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Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom at his criminal trial at Manhattan state court in New York, Monday, April 22, 2024. (Brendan McDermid/Pool Photo via AP) Besides promising federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina, Trump’s campaign has not established a solid
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In 2018, Isabella Aiukli Cornell (Choctaw) used her prom dress to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Red represents the movement to end this crisis. The dress designer, Della BigHair-Stump (Crow), included a cultural diamond pattern on the top, representing the diamondback rattlesnake. The Choctaw Nation
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Musk oxen in the snow, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, northeastern Alaska. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service BLACK HILLS – A Trump Administration means prosperity for the energy industry. Capitalists have been poised to reap the benefits of an upcoming boom fortified by even fewer regulations. The implications for the mineral-rich
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FREE ‘Rethinking Thanksgiving’ webinar offered SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The Catalyst Project invites any and all to join their annual “Rethinking Thanksgiving” webinar, this year titled “Dismantling Colonial Myths, Uplifting Indigenous Rights and Honoring Mother Earth.” The webinar is offered virtually at no cost on Sunday, November 17, 2024, starting
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MSU launches health project for Northern Cheyenne students LAME DEER, Mont. – Recently, Madeline “Maddy” Metcalf, from the College of Nursing, Montana State University, Bozeman met with a group of Northern Cheyenne grandmothers in a consultation process to explain the purpose of a new oral/general health program developed by MSU
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