Tex Hall Receives Wendell A. Chino Humanitarian Award

Gale Courey Toensing
April 12, 2013
Each year the National Indian Gaming Association presents its highest honor – the Wendell A...

Important Cultural, Religious and Historical Resources Threatened by Drilling

Tanya Lee
April 08, 2013
The Hess Corporation’s development of oil resources on Taĥċa Wakutėpi (Killdeer Mountain) on the edge of the North Dakota badlands threatens to destroy the integrity of a site sacr...

2012 Retrospective: March

ICTMN Staff
December 20, 2012
Take a look back at March 2012's biggest stories from the pages of our weekly magazine, This Week From Indian Country Today ...

North Dakota Standoff Near Three Affiliated Tribes Reservation Ends

Carol Berry
December 20, 2012
Michael Jason Smith, 32, believed to be non-Native, was taken into custody on or near reservation lands at mid-morning December 20 in New Town, North Dakota after a 48-hour standof...

Q&A With Ken Salazar and Kevin Washburn

Edited by Gale Courey Toensing
December 03, 2012
Interior Secretary Kenneth Salazar and newly appointed Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn sat down with Indian Country Today Media Network and Indianz.com just befor...

FBI Investigates Murder of Woman and her Three Grandchildren on Fort Berthold Indian Reservation

ICTMN Staff
November 20, 2012
On Sunday afternoon, Martha Johnson, 64, and three of her grandchildren were tragically murdered in New Town, North Dakota on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, the Associated P...

Inside the Bakken: A Documentary Commences To Describe Life on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation

Terri Hansen
November 12, 2012
Time was when traffic in North Dakota’s portion of the Bakken oil field was a rare vehicle crossing an expansive horizon on a tiny roadway...

Heidi Heitkamp: Taking the Senate Race to Native North Dakota

Patti Jo King
November 03, 2012
North Dakota’s Democratic Senate candidate, Heidi Heitkamp , is working hard for the Native vote...

Heidi Heitkamp ‘Understands the Issues’ Says Native Campaign Director

Patti Jo King
November 02, 2012
Heidi Heitkamp, the Democratic Senate candidate for North Dakota , wants to reach as many Native North Dakotans as possible, while ensuring that her message is both timely and rele...

American Indian Delegates Swarm Democratic National Convention

Rob Capriccioso
September 06, 2012
American Indians, making their presence known as a force to be reckoned with in American politics—especially in an age of close swing-vote elections where every vote matters—are al...

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