Vonnie Lone Chief

North Dakota Native Vote Efforts Show at the Polls

Despite the required recount, North Dakota tribes and Indian country were already celebrating the efforts put forth for Indian champion Heidi Heitkamp’s improbable victory in her bid to hold Democrat Kent Conrad’s United States Senate seat....

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November 15, 2012
Vonnie Lone Chief

North Dakota Native Vote Efforts Show at the Polls

Despite the required recount, North Dakota tribes and Indian country were already celebrating the efforts put forth for Indian champion Heidi Heitkamp’s improbable victory in her bid to hold Democrat Kent Conrad’s United States Senate seat....

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November 08, 2012
Delvin Cree

Regarding FEMA Trailers and Health Issues

Over two years ago I addressed some health issues surrounding FEMA trailers my tribe, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, was receiving....

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July 12, 2012
Delvin Cree

Life on the Fort Berthold Reservation From an Oil-and-Gas Specialist

On a recent warm sunny day I watched as quite a few 18-wheelers, large tandem service trucks and 4x4 pick-up trucks (with big tires) drive by my brother's place on the Fort Berthold Reservation. Once in a while an ol' rez car will accompany this same highway which is very busy day and night....

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April 09, 2012

First American Indian Qualifies for Ice Fishing World Championship

ICTMN Staff
March 31, 2012
The Turtle Mountain Times reported on local angler, hunter, and horseman Glen Delorme, Jr., securing himself a spot on the US Ice Fishing Team for the 2013 World Ice Fishing Champi...

Meryl Streep Ancestor Linked to Native American Battle

ICTMN Staff
February 15, 2012
Academy Award winner Meryl Streep recently won the leading actress award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) for her portrayal as Margaret Thatcher, the fo...

Turtle Mountain Tribal Council Bans Fracking

ICTMN Staff
November 27, 2011
The Tribal Council of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians has preemptively banned the oil extraction process known as fracking on reservation lands...

Oweesta Announces Three Certified Native CDFIs

ICTMN Staff
May 31, 2011
First Nations Oweesta Corporation , the Longmont, Colorado- and Rapid City, South Dakota-based company that works to develop native assets at a local level, recently announced thre...

Native American Heritage Month: ‘Where I am From,’ a Poem By Turtle Mountain Seventh-Grader Trevis LaRocque

ICTMN Staff
November 09, 2012
Seventh-grader Trevis J. LaRocque is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in Belcourt, North Dakota...

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