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A gallery in Minneapolis is expanding its audience through a unique partnership with the director of All my Relations Gallery is Angela Two Stars.

Lily Gladstone’s mother is an educator, which had a major impact on her career. Gladstone visited with ICT’s Renata Birkenbuel about how education and teaching has guided her as a performer.

In the wake of climate change, Western science is beginning to turn an eye towards Indigenous knowledge to look for ways to preserve one’s land and home. ICT’s Daniel Herrera spoke with Robin Michigiizhigookwe Clark, who just made history with her appointment to Michigan’s Natural Recourses Commission.

  • Hollywood’s brightest stars gathered this past weekend at the 30th Screen Actors Guild awards. Blackfeet actor Lily Gladstone won the award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role. This is her second award for her role in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” after winning at the golden globes earlier this year.
  • An effort to ban offensive mascots in Massachusetts public schools is moving forward. The bill would ban any name, logo or mascot associated with Native Americans. It has passed an education panel and is headed for the important Ways and Means Committee.
  • A library dedicated to indigenous peoples has opened its doors at a local, native-led community center in Ohio. The Urban Native Collective recently debuted its Native Sovereignty Center and Library in Cincinnati.
  • The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has granted tribes, throughout the U.S., the right to block any hydropower projects proposed on tribal lands. The commission recently denied applications for projects in the Black Mesa area to generate electricity for nearby cities.
  • An invasive plant is tricking many with its beauty. Globe chamomile or stinknet, originated from South Africa. It is quickly spreading throughout California, Nevada and Arizona. The winter has become a threat to native plants by growing in dense mats. When dried, it becomes highly flammable, creating an acid smoke that stings the nose.

Today’s newscast was created with work from:

Shirley Sneve, Ponca/Sicangu Lakota, is vice president of broadcasting for the ICT Newscast. Follow her on Twitter @rosebudshirley. She is based in Nebraska and Minnesota.

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. Email: stewart@ictnews.org.

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 her at 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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