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Children at school
A North Dakota law gives school districts a chance to experiment
A young woman wearing a purple headdress marches in a rally with Standing Rock Sioux Nation
Justice
Backlash over North Dakota voter ID law could rally Native Americans
Oil wells dot the rural, agricultural landscape surrounding Williston, North Dakota. The Bakken formation has become one of the largest sources of new oil production in the US.
Economics
The ‘Wild West on steroids’ cools off
Demonstrators against the Dakota Access oil pipeline block a road near North Dakota's Standing Rock Reservation in October. The pipeline would cross historic Native land and pass under the Missouri River, the source of the local water supply.
Environment
It’s not just about a pipeline. Native activists say Dakota battle is their biggest stand in decades.
Police use pepper spray against protesters trying to cross a stream near an oil pipeline construction site near Standing Rock Indian Reservation, north of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S. November 2, 2016.
Conflict
The United Nations heads to North Dakota to investigate possible human rights abuses
Chief Arvol Looking Horse, spiritual leader of the Sioux Nation, leads his people to peacefully pray near a law enforcement barricade just outside of a Dakota Access pipeline construction site north of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, on Oct. 29, 2016.
Conflict
#NoDAPL has momentum, but will it drive Native Americans to vote?
Energy Transfer Partners Dakota Access oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation
Education
Education and funding are critical issues facing native communities in the US
Protesters against the Dakota Access Pipeline
Justice
Protesters say mass arrests won’t stop their fight against a North Dakota oil pipeline
Standing Rock
Culture
The Standing Rock Sioux ‘know what they’re doing’ in North Dakota
Picture taken from a Sûreté du Québec helicopter of Lac-Mégantic, the day of the derailment
Environment
Oil production in North America is booming. And the spills are multiplying
Refugees in Fargo face cultural and climate challenges
Oil Train Concerns in the Pacific Northwest
Fracking’s Impact on the American Landscape
Business, Economics and Jobs
Exporting North Dakota
In Debt Reduction Battle, Where Are the Sacred Cows?
Top of the Hour: Natural Disasters Cost US 32 Billion This Year, Morning Headlines
Natural Disasters Cost US $32 Billion in 2011 So Far
Historic Floods Ravage North Dakota
Former Senators Weigh in on Government Shutdown Threat
Devils Lake Dustup
Great Plains
Environment
Takeouts: preparing for floods in North Dakota, Greenspan’s sober report on financial crisis
Environment
A river rages through it: Fargo residents talk about disaster
Environment
Hail to the sandbaggers!
Environment
Serious flooding hits North Dakota
Business, Economics and Jobs
A looming fuel crisis leads to a boon for North Dakotans