Are presidential debates even worth the air time in an age of social media when voters know in real time where candidates stand on issues? Rep. Tom Cole had a resounding win against a self-funded candidate who spent millions, and will third party candidates have a major impact on this year’s election? Regular contributor Michael Stopp weighs in.

Perpetuating Native language is important. One Ojibwe woman will deepen her knowledge through a recently received Bush Fellowship. ICT’s Shirley Sneve has this interview with Michelle Goose.

Oscar-nominated actress Lily Gladstone gives another powerful performance in the new film “Fancy Dance,” alongside breakout star Isabel Deroy-Olsen. The movie is streaming soon on Apple TV. It follows an aunt who kidnaps her niece after her mother has gone missing–all in hopes of making it to the powwow for healing. ICT’s Paris Wise spoke with the duo about this gripping tale.

  • Summer is in full swing, but epidemiologist Dean Seneca is warning tribal communities to stay vigilant against various diseases. As he told ICT, COVID cases are in a slight increase, when more people are seeking heat relief in air conditioning. This, and other diseases, attack the most vulnerable. However, there’s an easy thing we all can do.
  • Mohawk hockey player Brandon Montour and the Florida Panthers won the Stanley Cup. The Panthers’ win over the Oilers in game seven of the National Hockey League finals marks the first championship for the franchise in the team’s 30-year history.
  • American Indian and Alaska Natives living in tribal communities continue to have the lowest rates of high-speed internet access in the nation. According to the Computer and Internet Use in the United States: 2021 Report released last week, from 2016 to 2021, the digital divide between tribal and non-tribal households decreased from a gap of 10 percent to 6 percent.
  • Tribal youth are three times more likely to be put behind bars than their non-tribal peers, according to a report from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Last year, Montana’s Fort Peck Reservation declared a state of emergency due to a big uptick in juvenile violence and crime. That’s when teacher Tressa Welch saw how her students needed a safe place to hang out after school. She started a business that welcomes teenagers as employees, or gives them a space to be themselves.

Today’s newscast was created with work from:

Shirley Sneve, Ponca/Sicangu Lakota, is the senior producer for the ICT Newscast. Follow her on Twitter @rosebudshirley. She is based in Nebraska.

Aliyah Chavez, Kewa Pueblo, is the anchor of the ICT Newscast. On Twitter: @aliyahjchavez.

Paris Wise, Zia and Laguna Pueblo, is a producer for the ICT Newscast. Email: paris@ictnews.org.

Stewart Huntington is a producer for the ICT Newscast.

Quindrea Yazzie, Diné, is a video production editor for the ICT Newscast. Email: qyazzie@ictnews.org. Yazzie is based in Phoenix.

Daniel Herrera Carbajal is a video editor for the ICT Newscast. On Twitter: @daniulherrrera

Pauly Denetclaw, Diné, is a political correspondent for ICT. Email: pauly@ictnews.org

Pacey Smith-Garcia, Ute, is a production assistant for the ICT Newscast. On Twitter: @paceyjournalist.

Ebonye Delaney is the Executive Producer for the ICT Newscast. Email: ebonye@ictnews.org

Mark Trahant, Shoshone-Bannock, is ICT editor-at-large Email: marktrahant@ictnews.org

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