Erdrich is at her best — as she is here — when she draws on her deep connection with the Great Plains and its Indigenous people. She herself is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa ...

Before 1860, few people moved west to try to settle on the Great Plains. The poor soil and harsh climate discouraged them - along with the fact that the Plains were officially Indian territory ...

It is not just Montana. Other states on the Great Plains — once bastions of progressive prairie populism — have experienced stark partisan upheaval in their congressional delegations over the ...

The Great Plains Food Bank has launched a commodity gifting program, called Grow, Give & Gain, which gives farmers and ...

The Great Plains are the grasslands of the North American continent, and lie between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. Early European explorers found the Plains a very hostile ...

Plains Folk Plains Folk is a commentary devoted to life on the great plains of North Dakota. Written by Tom Isern of West Fargo, North Dakota, and read in newspapers across the region for years ...

The Great Plains Hub, a satellite branch of the Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health, recently opened its doors in Rapid City, South Dakota. In a state where life expectancy is 25 years lower ...