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An electronic billboard warns of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe COVID-19 checkpoint ahead, on the border of their reservation and South Dakota on state Highway 63 on August 27. (Jeremy Fugleberg / Forum News Service)

Indigenous Impacts 7:46 am, Sep. 25, 2020

What’s next for Indian Country amid the pandemic? All eyes on Congress

Indigenous Impacts 2:35 am, Sep. 23, 2020

Series looks at how Native American communities are responding to COVID-19

Indigenous Impacts 2:30 am, Sep. 23, 2020

Members of Native American communities share their COVID-19 experiences, reflections; Read, listen to the 'Voices' of the 'Indigenous Impacts' project

An interpretive sign at Fork Clark State Historic Site in Mercer County, N.D., which notes the 1837 smallpox epidemic. Photo by Craig Bihrle

Indigenous Impacts 2:28 am, Sep. 23, 2020

19th century journal foreshadows effect of colonization, neglect on Native American public health

The Sisseton-Wahpeton powwow on the Lake Traverse Reservation is the second-oldest in South Dakota and one of the nation's oldest. Special to The Forum

Indigenous Impacts 2:27 am, Sep. 23, 2020

'It's home': The saga of two Dakota Sioux reservations, born of injustice, but enduring cultural homelands

Pow wow-goers participate in the potato dance, a traditional dance for couples. (Photo courtesy Simon Moya-Smith)

Indigenous Impacts 2:26 am, Sep. 23, 2020

Coronavirus places Indian Country on pause

Indigenous Impacts 2:25 am, Sep. 23, 2020

An original poem: 'We Carry the Last Century'

Indigenous Impacts 2:24 am, Sep. 23, 2020

An original essay: What do I worry about first?

Indigenous Impacts 2:23 am, Sep. 23, 2020

An original essay: We need to create equity

Indigenous Impacts 2:22 am, Sep. 23, 2020

An original essay: The travels of Moose Meat Pete

On April 21, the Spirit Lake Health Center, Spirit Lake Tribal Health, North Dakota Department of Health and North Dakota Army National Guard conducted COVID-19 testing at the Spirit Lake Nation. Pictured, from left, are nurses Lisa Wallace, Jessica Tweeton and LaShawnda (Fassett) Kenner. Cheri Schaffer / Special to The Forum

Indigenous Impacts 2:21 am, Sep. 23, 2020

Tribes innovate to fight off, face COVID-19 pandemic

Mayo Clinic employees Valerie Guimaraes, left, and Sheila Quarberg assemble packages of masks to send to the 11 Minnesota tribes. They were part of a small group of Mayo Clinic’s COVID-19 task force who worked on the mask effort. Photo courtesy Mayo Clinic

Indigenous Impacts 2:20 am, Sep. 23, 2020

Tests for tribes -- one way Mayo makes amends with Native Americans

The Blue Building houses tribal offices for the Spirit Lake Nation as seen on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Fort Totten, N.D. Forum file photo

Indigenous Impacts 2:19 am, Sep. 23, 2020

COVID-19 reveals deficiencies in IHS funding

Medical professional stand ready to test White Earth Nation residents at the Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen, Minn., who may have symptoms of coronavirus. Submitted Photo

Indigenous Impacts 2:18 am, Sep. 23, 2020

In American Indian communities, questions about COVID-19 test access remain

Indigenous Impacts 2:17 am, Sep. 23, 2020

An original song: ‘Legacy’ featuring Gene Thin Elk

Indigenous Impacts 2:16 am, Sep. 23, 2020

An original essay: Amidst dark times, resilience

Indigenous Impacts 2:15 am, Sep. 23, 2020

An original essay: COVID-19 has changed my life in many ways

Indigenous Impacts 2:15 am, Sep. 23, 2020

An original essay: Turning inward in isolation

A vehicle drives on state Highway 73, past a sign in Kadoka, South Dakota, warning that only on-reservation traffic is welcome on the Pine Ridge Reservation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on Aug. 28. (Jeremy Fugleberg / Forum News Service)

Indigenous Impacts 2:14 am, Sep. 23, 2020

South Dakota COVID-19 checkpoints highlight fractures, strength in tribal relations

Minnesota's Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, of the White Earth Nation, addresses a crowd celebrating Indigenous People's Day in St. Paul on Oct. 14. Sarah Mearhoff / Forum News Service

Indigenous Impacts 2:12 am, Sep. 23, 2020

'I don’t want you to go through what I did': Peggy Flanagan says her brother's death shaped Minnesota pandemic response

Indigenous Impacts 2:09 am, Sep. 23, 2020

An original essay: The Sitting Bull Plan

Indigenous Impacts 2:08 am, Sep. 23, 2020

An original essay: Friend’s death from coronavirus ‘a wakeup call’

Indigenous Impacts 2:07 am, Sep. 23, 2020

An original essay: Deep concern in Ojibwe country

Indigenous Impacts 2:07 am, Sep. 23, 2020

An original essay: The Unconquered and Unconquerable