Buffalo’s Fire

Buffalo’s Fire is the online news site of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance, an independent, nonprofit news organization dedicated to serving the Indigenous communities of North Dakota.

Current Position

Location: Halliday, North Dakota

Beat: Indigenous democracy in North Dakota

Position:

Nearly 40,000 American Indians live in North Dakota, making up 5.7 percent of the state population and the largest minority group. Buffalo’s Fire presents an opportunity to lead our Indigenous democracy beat. Reporting areas include voting rights, tribal council, school board and rural co-op meetings, tribal college stories and K-12 education. How are public school educators teaching an Indian education bill when the North Dakota Legislature banned the teaching of Critical Race Theory?
This reporter is based in Bismarck, N.D., a thriving hub for federally recognized tribes including the Mandan, Hidatsa, & Arikara Nation; Spirit Lake Nation; the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe; the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians; the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Nation; and the Trenton Indian Service Area.

Reporter: Adrianna Adame