In a year defined by systemic upheaval and political friction, Buffalo’s Fire reporters look back at the defining stories of ...

With the determination and focus of a cowgirl lassoing a runaway calf, 24-year-old Jaylynn Hicks landed the title of Miss Rodeo North Dakota after three successive attempts. “I like to say that ...

Robert Kentta heard of a beached humpback whale near the coastal town of Yachats, Oregon, around Nov. 14, just as his people, ...

The recent discovery of Sahela Sangrait's body has drawn attention to the ongoing crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIW) in South Dakota. Sangrait, missing since August 2024 ...

The Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, also known as the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, have submitted plans for a $2 billion casino-resort project on 23 acres of ...

For decades, Hollywood told stories about American Indians from the outside. Too often, those stories were romanticized, inaccurate or filled with stereotypes. Sometimes, Native people were left out ...

Am I invisible? That is the question I have asked myself on occasion when dealing with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and another federal agency concerning an issue facing me on the Fort Berthold ...

For generations, Native American tribes have prized dentalium shells. These smooth, white shells were more than decoration. They were currency, status symbols and sacred objects. Before European ...

In reading follow-up materials he sent me, I learned Maslow spent six weeks living at Siksika — which is the name of the people, their language, and the Blackfoot Reserve — in the summer of 1938. His ...

Two tribal citizens are challenging the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation Tribal Business Council for transferring hundreds of millions of dollars from a fund containing tribal oil and gas proceeds, ...

Eight months after Savannah Standing Bear went missing from the Parmelee community on the Rosebud Reservation, her family continues to search for answers. Standing Bear, 23, was last heard from on ...

The Protect ICWA Campaign has introduced ICWA 2050, a 25-year strategy to strengthen the Indian Child Welfare Act and secure its impact on Native child welfare for generations. Unveiled on ICWA’s ...