Lakota News

NBA coach Phil Jackson accepted an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, the University of North Dakota, and asked the school to think hard about its Fighting Sioux nickname.

This summer I traveled with some of the youth from St. Paul's Church in Chestnut Hill to the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, to work and play alongside young Lakotans at a church camp.

As we announced earlier this week, The Minot Daily News has a new publisher, Bart Leath, who is in town getting to know the ropes and meeting residents of the city.

Horses are part of new court diversion program aimed at building trust, responsibility and self-esteem in at-risk American Indian youth.

A craving for healthier foods has prompted a stampede of sorts for a modern version of the traditional Lakota food made by a company on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. via KMOT-TV Minot

NATIVE AMERICAN NATURAL FOODS LAUNCHED THE ALL-NATURAL BUFFALO-AND-CRANBERRY TANKA BAR IN OCTOBER. via KFYR-AM Bismarck

The Highway Patrol says vehicles that are more than 8 1/2 feet high or that have heavy loads are being halted on some North Dakota highways due to high winds and snow. via KXMD-TV Williston

Bottineau , Hazelton- Moffit -Braddock advance MINOT, N.D. Bottineau and Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock have advanced to the semifinals of the state Class B girls Basketball tournament. via Minot Sports

“It is also within the laws on treaties passed at the Vienna Convention and put into effect by the U.S. and the rest of the international community in 1980. We are legally within our rights to be free and independent”

Dec 21 2007 12:00AM http://sayanythingblog.com/index.php USA Today The Lakota Sioux Indians, whose ancestors include Sitting Bull, Red Cloud and Crazy Horse, have withdrawn from all treaties their forefathers ... via KXMA-TV Dickinson

“I really liked his message about unity and how we`re all related”

An internationally known Lakota hoop dancer came home to North Dakota to perform for students at Bismarck State College. via KMOT-TV Minot

LAKOTA, N.D. Nelson County residents might get the chance to mail in their election ballots. via KXMC-TV Minot

Grant money could help fuel the building of two new ethanol plants in the state. via KMOT-TV Minot

Nelson County authorities say a man whose body was found by hunters on Saturday died of hypothermia He's identified as 21-year-old Timothy Wimer Jr. via KXMB-TV Bismarck