The White Earth Nation is pausing enforcement of a water use ordinance and will form a regional task force to study water quality and quantity issues. The White Earth Reservation Business Committee ...

A farmer says the White Earth Nation does not have authority to stop him from pumping river water to irrigate land he owns within the reservation — marking the second federal lawsuit to challenge the ...

The lawsuit filed by David Vipond is the latest action in a complex situation that involves tribal sovereignty, tribal court jurisdiction, and water rights and regulation on and around a reservation.

It would be a rare sight to spot an airboat equipped with a machine harvesting wild rice on northern Minnesota water. That’s because such a harvesting method is prohibited by tribal and state law. But ...

White Earth Tribal Chairman Michael Fairbanks and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest Regional Director Will Meeks shake hands after signing a memorandum of agreement on Tuesday while other tribal ...

The latest surprise from the Legislature, which is full of them, is that bills have been introduced to give the state-owned portion of Upper Red Lake and a 1-mile buffer of state-owned land ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. NINA MOINI: This is Minnesota Now. I'm Nina Moini for Cathy Wurzer. This weekend, White Earth Nation will be spending eight hours a day recording the ...

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Leaders from the White Earth Nation unveiled a proposal to build a casino, resort and convention center on 280 acres of land east of Moorhead in Clay County. During the Clay County ...