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Ho-Chunk filmmaker Sky Hopinka and Potawatomi botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer are among this year’s winners of the prestigious $800,000 MacArthur Fellowships.
The so-called “Genius Grants” from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation support creative people in various fields whose work addresses pressing social challenges.
Hopinka is a filmmaker, video artist and photographer who creates new forms of cinema that center Indigenous perspectives. His works have been featured at the Sundance Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and other museums and festivals.
Kimmerer is a professor and author whose books include, “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants.” READ MORE — Sandra Hale Schulman, Special to ICT
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Candidates for Congress and New Mexico state offices shared their intentions and actions in working with tribal nations during a forum hosted by the All Pueblo Council of Governors.
Friday’s meeting was the first time the tribal entity, made up of leadership from all 19 Pueblos in New Mexico and the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo in Texas, brought together so many elected officials and those seeking office to the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque.
“This is a historic meeting, and now we must share what we learned today with our communities so we can make informed decisions when we vote,” All Pueblo Council of Governors Chairman Mark Mitchell, Tesuque, said.
In total the tribal leadership in attendance and watching on a webcast heard from 16 candidates or delegates on their behalf seeking eight different roles: New Mexico’s three congressional seats and five state offices — governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer and land commissioner. The candidates pitched their ideas and answered questions on topics such as education, water rights, violence against Indigenous women, voting access and tribal sovereignty. READ MORE — Shaun Griswold, Source New Mexico
The biggest show in Indian Country rodeo will be on display this week in Sin City.
More than 350 contestants representing 70-plus tribes from the United States and Canada are in Las Vegas this week for the latest iteration of the Indian National Finals Rodeo. They will be competing for more than $1 million in cash and prizes.
It’s the culmination of a season that features tour and qualifying rodeos over the course of the year. In years past, the INFR organization, based out of Browning, Montana, had contestants qualify through 12 different regions but changed the qualification format due to covid.
Donna Hoyt, Blackfeet, is the general manager for the INFR and says they will stick with the current format before reevaluating the system before the 2024 season.
She’s looking forward to this week’s event and enjoys seeing the contestants come together to put on a show and crown a champion. READ MORE — Kolby KickingWoman, ICT
When Angela Howe-Parrish didn’t hear anything regarding her application to a fashion show in Paris, she assumed she wasn’t selected.
“I kind of gave up,” she said.
But one day in June, Howe-Parrish opened an email she never thought she’d receive.
She had been accepted to participate in the third annual Paris Indigenous Fashion Week, an event that has provided Indigenous designers with a global platform, helping them break into the mainstream fashion industry.
Howe-Parrish printed the email immediately. She sat at a table in her bedroom in Billings holding the print copy and read it again.
Then she rushed to tell her husband, Christian Parrish Takes the Gun, also known to many as the rapper “Supaman.” READ MORE — The Missoulian
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Climate change, missing and murdered Indigenous people and language loss are just a handful of issues that are heard in the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. This body is made up of elected officials whose job is to learn about these difficulties in Native communities and to propose solutions. Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawai’i chairs the committee.
When Chickasaw citizen John Herrington was in space in 2002, part of his mission was to help build new areas of the International Space Station. Fast forward to this exact moment, and that’s where the second Indigenous NASA Astronaut, Nicole Mann, is living. Herrington, who was the first Native person in space, gives his unique perspective on this mission.
Celebrating our Unity is the theme of this year’s conference for the Alaska Federation of Natives. The annual AFN conference is starting on Thursday. It’s the largest gathering of Alaska Natives in the state. ICT’s Joaqlin Estus gives highlights.
ICT and FNX – First Nations Experience are partnering to bring you a three-hour live newscast from an Indigenous perspective of the 2022 midterm elections.
The newscast will feature interviews with Indigenous candidates running for public office, updates from ICT correspondents, lively conversation with political pundits and watch parties.
The newscast will be broadcast from San Bernardino, California. It will start at 7 p.m. PST and conclude at 10 p.m. PST.
The 2022 midterms are set to have wide repercussions for Indigenous nations and people.
On a federal level, all six voting Indigenous members of the U.S. Congress are running to be reelected, running for a new seat or finishing their term. READ MORE — ICT
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