Awarded For Press Freedom
On August 12, Journal owners Bonnie Red Elk and Marian Montclair were given the 'Wassajia Award' during the Native American Journalists Association annual conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The award was given to them in recognition of "courageous dedication to the citizens of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribal Community and the rights of those citizens to a free and uncensored press."
The Wassajia Award is the highest honor bestowed from NAJA.
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