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    October 28, 2019
    Grace Roberts hosts her show, "Reviving with Grace," on Thursday, Oct. 24. Roberts started with the station as a volunteer and was later hired to run her own show, which she said has been healing for her and for her listeners. Natasha Rausch / Forum News Service
    Niijii Radio rises 'out of the ashes' to serve White Earth Nation, nearby communities
    CALLAWAY, Minn. — A brick building off State Highway 59 that used to serve as the Callaway School is now home to the White Earth Nation’s...
    newsOctober 28, 2019 - 7:00am
    August 19, 2019
    Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Marianne Williamson spoke at the Frank LaMere Native American Presidential Forum in Sioux City, Iowa on Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. Sarah Mearhoff / Forum News Service
    2020 candidates talk missing and murdered indigenous women two years after Savanna Greywind's disappearance
    SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Two years after the disappearance of a Native woman from Fargo, the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women was front...
    government-and-politics/newsAugust 19, 2019 - 6:00pm
    Frank LaMere reacts to the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission's unanimous decision to revoke Whiteclay's four liquor licenses in Lincoln, Neb., on April 19, 2017. James Wooldridge / Special to The Forum
    WATCH LIVE: Bernie Sanders speaks at forum on Native American issues
    The schedule is as follows:Tuesday, Aug. 209:30 a.m. CT: Former U.S Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pennsylvania)11 a.m. CT: Mark Charles (I-Navajo Nation)1...
    government-and-politics/newsAugust 19, 2019 - 9:11am
    July 20, 2019
    Participants of the 2019 Mandaree Hidatsa Powwow wear traditional regalia during the Grand Entry of the Powwow Friday, June 19, in Mandaree, N.D. Meagan Deanne / The Forum
    Indigenous people from around the country keep tradition alive at Mandaree powwow
    MANDAREE, N.D. — Hundreds of campers and tents crowd the lawn outside the Mandaree powwow grounds. The powwow arena is quiet on Friday afternoon,...
    newsJuly 20, 2019 - 8:04pm
    July 11, 2019
    Mike Rounds
    'A tragic reminder': Rounds, Johnson sponsor bill to repeal federal anti-Native discriminatory laws
    PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota Republicans U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds and U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson are teaming up with Arizona and Oklahoma legislators...
    government-and-politics/newsJuly 11, 2019 - 4:35pm
    June 4, 2019
    Riders arrived in South Dakota's capital city of Pierre on Tuesday, June 4, after riding more than 200 miles on horseback from Santee, Neb., to raise awareness for missing and murdered indigenous women. Sarah Mearhoff / Forum News Service
    'I will remember you': 200-mile horseback ride for missing and murdered indigenous women finishes in Pierre
    PIERRE, S.D. — Riders culminated a 200-mile journey on horseback on South Dakota's Capitol steps Tuesday, June 4, to honor the hundreds of...
    news/government-and-politicsJune 4, 2019 - 8:07pm
    April 16, 2019
    State Rep. Ruth Buffalo, D-Fargo, testified on Thursday, March 14, before the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States on the subject of missing and murdered indigenous women. Special to the Forum
    Native American leaders to Congress: State lawmakers are targeting Native voters
    PIERRE, S.D. — Native American leaders told U.S. House members on Tuesday, April 16, that they believe North and South Dakota are deliberately...
    news/government-and-politicsApril 16, 2019 - 7:08pm
    February 12, 2019
    SD legislative committee advances bill to study disproportionate rates of violence against indigenous women
    PIERRE, S.D. -- South Dakota could begin to address the disproportionate rate of violence perpetrated against indigenous women thanks to a bill...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 12, 2019 - 7:20pm
    January 26, 2019
    Jessica Saucedo, co-op tech for Minnesota Indigenous Business Alliance, holds up a Buy Native T-shirt on Thursday at Rail River Folk School. (Jillian Gandsey / Bemidji Pioneer)
    Minnesota Indigenous Business Alliance helps American Indian entrepreneurs
    BEMIDJI, Minn. -- Sherry Lee’s husband, Douglas, used to leave a tray of her cupcakes in the break room at his construction job. Doug’s co-workers...
    business/small-businessJanuary 26, 2019 - 6:05pm
    April 9, 2018
    Betty Jo Krenz. Jamestown Sun file photo
    North Dakota woman charged with adoption scam
    JAMESTOWN, N.D. — When an Oregon couple became suspicious about a North Dakota woman who promised to procure a Native American baby for...
    news/crime-and-courtsApril 9, 2018 - 10:48pm
    January 7, 2018
    Military veterans and tribal leaders, despite heavy snow and winds, march along Highway 1806 in Cannon Ball, N.D., Dec. 5, 2016. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe won a major victory on Sunday in its battle to block the Dakota Access oil pipeline being built near its reservation when the Department of the Army announced that it would not allow the pipeline to be drilled under a dammed section of the Missouri River. (Alyssa Schukar/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    How an artifact from Standing Rock protest made its way to American Indian museum
    The struggle for Native American rights continues. That's the message of an 11-foot mile-marker post from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation...
    newsJanuary 7, 2018 - 11:34am
    December 31, 2017
    This is a still image from the award-winning documentary “Essence of Healing: Journey of American Indian Nurses." Those behind the film hope it will help recruit and retain native nurses to serve communities with elderly people in need of care. Special to Forum News Service
    Award-winning documentary aims to recruit, retain American Indian nurses
    FARGO — Madonna White Bear Azure remembers being the only American Indian in nursing school at the University of North Dakota back when...
    news/educationDecember 31, 2017 - 5:38pm
    December 5, 2017
    Donna Blue Bird (right), and her two daughters, Jamie (left) and Winona Blue Bird, bought these T-shirts from the I Love Duluth store in Canal Park. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)
    Duluth residents criticize 'racist' T-shirts in Canal Park shop
    This story was originally published on Aug. 5, 2009. As an American Indian, Donna Blue Bird said she has had to deal with racism all her life,...
    newsDecember 5, 2017 - 10:56am
    November 10, 2017
    Members of the White Earth Veterans Honor Guard parade through the Comstock Ballroom at Minnesota State University Moorhead Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, during opening ceremonies for the Native Warriors at Veterans Day event. David Samson / Forum News Service
    Planning underway for North Dakota's first Honor Flight for Native American veterans
    FARGO — The state's first Honor Flight for American Indian veterans is getting ready to take off next spring to recognize an ethnic group...
    newsNovember 10, 2017 - 2:23pm
    October 26, 2017
    Nancy Norr talks to Tom Watson Wednesday outside the Crosslake Community Center at a public hearing about the Line 3 replacement project proposed by Enbridge Energy. Norr is director of regional development for Minnesota Power and chairwoman of Jobs for Minnesotans, a nonprofit coalition of labor and community leaders. Watson is president of the Whitefish Area Property Owners Association, which is concerned about preserving the environment. Frank Lee / Brainerd Dispatch
    Crosslake, Minn. public hearings regarding Enbridge project attract hundreds
    CROSSLAKE—It's not every day a giant papier-mache loon is seen on the grounds of the Crosslake Community Center, but Wednesday was anything...
    newsOctober 26, 2017 - 1:48pm
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