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A White House meeting with President John F Kennedy met some of the delegates from the 1961 American Indian conference in Chicago where a Declaration of Indian Purpose called for a new paradigm, including reform at the Bureau of Indian Affairs  "… we most urgently recommend that the present organization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs be reviewed and that certain principles be considered no matter what the organizational change might be.” (Photo courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)

Rethinking government (again)

What should the government look like? And how much should it cost? Two essential questions for Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s government reform project. Two centuries ago, the Bureau of Indian Affairs was created by a War Secretary who didn’t want to wait on Congress.

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A crumbling statue of the Virgin Mary sits outside of the abandoned Immaculate Conception Mission in Stephan, S.D., on the Crow Creek Reservation. (Amelia Schafer, ICT/Rapid City Journal)

'They’re ready to go home': Few answers at school gravesite

Thirty-eight graves uncovered at South Dakota boarding school; Catholic church offers little help in identifying graves

Nationwide, Native students miss school far more frequently than their peers, but not at Watonga High School shown on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, in Watonga, Okla. (AP Photo/Nick Oxford)

Oklahoma schools get it right on reducing Native absenteeism

School efforts to help students have made the state among the best in the nation for Native student attendance

"The Truth According to Ember" by Danica Nava," "Warrior Girl Unearthed" by Angeline Boulley, and Prados Beauty eyeshadow palette laying on top of B.Yellowtail's pink silk robe. (Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, ICT)

Indigenous-owned businesses for the holiday season

Gift-giving season is upon us and ICT political correspondent Pauly Denetclaw has curated her top list of businesses to help you find the best ones, plus more to shop from by the newsroom

An ICT investigation in partnership with the Yellowhead Institute of Toronto found that Canadian health services helped fund a sharp rise in the use of opiates among Indigenous communities, including the use of hydromorphone, (left) also known as Dilaudid, a highly prescribed medication in Canada used to treat pain in opioid-tolerant patients. Gabapentin (right) is a non-opiate drug that is prescribed to treat a wide variety of ailments including pain, but researchers have found that Gabbies, as they are called on the street, are increasingly connected to overdoses when used in combination with opiates. (Photo by Miles Morrisseau/ICT)

ICT REPORTS: Opioid crisis devastates Indigenous communities in Canada

An ICT investigation found that Canada’s health care system helped fund a sharp rise in opiate use among younger generations