AGENCY VILLAGE, S.D. (AP) — Descendants of Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate tribal leaders will sign the necessary paperwork Saturday to help bring home the remains of their ancestors. Relatives of Amos LaFramboise and Edward Upwright will gather with South Dakota tribal leaders to sign affidavits that will allow the remains of the two young boys to be removed from the Carlisle Indian School cemetery in Pennsylvania and moved to the Dakotas. LaFramboise’s father helped found the Lake Traverse Reservation government in South Dakota. Upwright is the son of Waanatan II, an early tribal chief. The school cemetery is on property owned by the U.S. military which in recent years has given tribes the opportunity with affidavits from living relatives to claim the remains of the 188 Native American children buried there.

REDISTRICTING LAWSUIT-TRIBES

2nd lawsuit targets North Dakota tribal subdistricts

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A second lawsuit has been filed opposing the North Dakota Legislature’s creation of state House subdistricts encompassing American Indian reservations, alleging that the consideration of race is unconstitutional. The federal lawsuit was filed Wednesday. Another lawsuit filed earlier this month by the Spirit Lake and Turtle Mountain tribes also opposes the subdistricts. Turtle Mountain argues the split House district “packs” tribal members into a single subdistrict on its reservation, while diluting their vote in the non-reservation subdistrict. Spirit Lake alleges the new redistricting map dilutes American Indian voters on and near its reservation.

BURGUM STATE-OF-STATE

Burgum wants property tax cuts, increased cybersecurity

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Local governments should refrain from raising property taxes and lawmakers need to invest more to guard against ever-increasing cybersecurity attacks to the state and its citizens. Those were among the highlights of Gov. Doug Burgum’s State of the State address on Wednesday in Fargo. Although Burgum used the speech largely to convey optimism, he touched on familiar themes, including workforce shortages that have hamstrung the economy and the need to embrace and pursue more technology industries to diversify the economy. Burgum’s address was initially scheduled for last month but was postponed due to the governor having laryngitis.

WIFE ATTACKED

Fargo man accused of attacking wife with knife

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Fargo man is accused of attacking his wife with a knife as she slept in their van causing her to jump from the moving vehicle. A complaint charging the 27-year-old man with attempted murder, aggravated assault-domestic violence and theft says the victim was sleeping in a passenger seat Saturday night when she awoke to find her husband stabbing her and saying he planned to kill her. Witnesses say they saw the woman jump from the van which was going about 30 mph. She was assisted by two citizens who reported that she was bloody and hysterical. Police arrested the man Monday afternoon at a Fleet Farm convenience store and say he was driving a stolen pickup.

TERM LIMITS-SIGNATURES

North Dakota term-limit backers submit signatures

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A change to the state constitution that would place term limits on the governor and members of the Legislature is a step closer to bringing the issue before voters. Secretary of State Al Jaeger said Tuesday that backers submitted about 46,000 signatures, or more than the 31,164 signatures needed to put the measure to voters in November. Jaeger has 35 days to review the signatures. The initiative would add a new article to the state constitution imposing term limits of eight cumulative years each in the House and Senate. The governor could not be elected more than twice.

BC-ND-ELECTION 2022-NORTH DAKOTA-SENATE

Fargo art, antiques dealer, a Democrat, runs for US Senate

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Fargo art and antiques dealer is running for U.S. Senate, saying North Dakota needs Democratic representation in Washington, D.C. Michael Steele says he a started his campaign four years ago in an effort to unseat Sen. John Hoeven. Campaign finance records show Steele has raised about $2,000 since then. A state party spokeswoman says she had not heard of Steele until this week. Democrat Katrina Christiansen, an engineering professor at the University of Jamestown, announced her bid for U.S. Senate on Monday. The Democratic state convention is next month in Minot. Delegates will endorse candidates for state and congressional offices.