Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen committed to Lake County Commissioners on Monday, April 29, he would support legislation to fund law enforcement on the Flathead Indian Reservation and would serve as a mediator between the county and the governor’s office. Knudsen ... Read More
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Hundreds of demonstrators took to the White House in Washington, D.C. for the Free Leonard Peltier 79th Birthday Action on September 12, 2023. (Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, ICT)
Hundreds of demonstrators took to the White House in Washington, D.C. for the Free Leonard Peltier 79th Birthday Action on September 12, 2023. (Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, ICT)
Hundreds of demonstrators took to the White House in Washington, D.C. for the Free Leonard Peltier 79th Birthday Action on September 12, 2023. (Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, ICT)
At 80 years old, Leonard Peltier is approaching what may be his last attempt at ... Read More
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INDIANAPOLIS – A national commission is calling on the federal government to declare a “Decade ... Read More
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Leta Killer (center) came out to the Faceless Doll Project in Bismarck on May 4 to tell the story of her two relatives who had been killed. Photo credit/ Adrianna Adame
Leta Killer (center) came out to the Faceless Doll Project in Bismarck on May 4 to tell the story of her two relatives who had been killed. Photo credit/ Adrianna Adame
Leta Killer (center) came out to the Faceless Doll Project in Bismarck on May 4 to tell the story of her two relatives who had been killed. Photo credit/ Adrianna Adame
Leta Killer arrived with a purpose in attending the Faceless Doll Project. The event in ... Read More
Bismarck Public Schools’ Indigenous Education Director Sashay Schettler is stepping forward from her current position to help lead American Indian education initiatives for North Dakota. In an interview with Buffalo’s Fire, Schettler said she wasn’t looking for a new job, “but ... Read More
Sashay Schettler visits the North Dakota State Capitol on March 5, unaware that she’d be chosen to be the assistant director for the Office of Indian and Multicultural Education. Photo credit/ Adrianna Adame
Sacheen Whitetail-Cross was a high school senior in 1998 who wanted to learn her Lakota language. She couldn’t find any options. McLaughlin High School in South Dakota only offered Spanish as a language course. Not being able to formally study ... Read More
Sunshine Archambault will be instructing beginner Lakota/Dakota at the language institute this summer. Photo credit/ Adrianna Adame
Two Native American lawmakers voiced frustrations Wednesday with repeated reports of racist behavior at school events and urged more accountability from North Dakota education officials. The legislators — Rep. Jayme Davis, D-Rolette, and Rep. Lisa Finley-DeVille, D-Mandaree — had no shortage ... Read More
Reps. Lisa Finley-Deville, left, and Jayme Davis. (Photos provided by the North Dakota Legislative Assembly)
On the morning after spring prom, Nicole Alkire woke up to a text from her teenage daughter, a junior at Flasher High School. When she clicked on a link her daughter sent her, she saw a video of Native cultural ... Read More
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Four years ago, Tanner Veo felt like he was in darkness. He was living in a motel room, going to work every day, not making enough to pay rent. He had accepted that he would work labor-intensive jobs for the ... Read More
Tanner Veo felt proud when he was unanimously reelected as president of the Student Government Association for the 2023-2024 term last spring. Photo Courtesy of Tanner Veo
Celeste Thingvold, superintendent of Bowbells K-12 school system in the northwest corner of the state, faces potential blowback once the main child care facility in town closes in a few weeks. The only other day care provider in Bowbells is expecting ... Read More
According to analysis of the most recent data by Kids Count North Dakota, child care capacity only meets 81 percent of the needs in the state with costs running close to $10,000 per year for infant day care. Here, children play a numbers game at Jasmin Child Care and Preschool in Fargo. Photo courtesy of Jasmin Child Care.
The U.S. has a long record of extracting resources on Native lands and ignoring tribal opposition, but a decision by federal energy regulators to deny permits for seven proposed hydropower projects suggests that tide may be turning. As the U.S. shifts ... Read More
Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline gather Nov. 1, 2023, in Bismarck ahead of a public meeting on an environmental impact statement. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe opposes the pipeline, citing concerns for its water supply. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)
“The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance” by Rebecca Clarren intertwines her Jewish ancestors’ immigration story, the United States government's history of broken treaties with tribal nations, and the Lakota’s dispossession of land into a hard-hitting ... Read More
Rebecca Clarren’s next stop on her book tour for “The Cost of Free Land” is Bismarck on April 29, where she’ll be having a reading and open discussion about the dispossession of Indigenous land. Photo by Shelby Brakken, photo courtesy of Rebecca Clarren
Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler said Republicans at the recent state convention showed they are out of touch on education. This is the first year Baesler is running for superintendent without official support from the NDGOP. Though superintendent is a ... Read More
Kirsten Baesler speaks to delegates during the 2024 NDGOP Convention at the Sanford Athletic Complex in Fargo on April 5, 2024. Baesler is running for reelection as the state’s superintendent. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)
