Oglala Lakota citizen Jim Warne was a talented and successful football player. He was recently inducted into the North American Indigenous Sports Hall of Fame. More important to him than accolades from the field is his work for the Oyate — his people. ICT’s Stewart Huntington has this interview.

In 1961, Alaska Natives from Inupiat and Yup’ik villages came together to oppose a crazy idea — a government plan to explode an atomic bomb in Alaska to construct a new port. That meeting would spark the creation of a newspaper and an Indigenous rights movement that will never be forgotten. ICT’s Joaqlin Estus has the story.

A Navajo water protector has won the 28th Heinz Award for the Environment. The prize includes a $250,000 grant. Nicole Horseherder is a co-founder of Tó Nizhóní Ání, or Sacred Water Speaks. She works to protect aquifers, streams and land that has been impacted by decades of coal extraction on the Navajo and Hopi nations. ICT’s Mark Trahant has this interview.

A slice of our Indigenous world:

  • The Bureau of Land Management announced it would like to limit new oil and gas development, around 4,000 acres near the town of Placitas, in New Mexico. The mineral withdrawal would last for 50 years. Both San Felipe and Santa Ana pueblos have long worked for these protections, according to the Interior Department.
  • An Indigenous movement in Australia may be under threat. Australian voters will cast ballots on a nationwide referendum to give Indigenous people more of a voice in the national legislature on Oct. 14. The proposed change would give aboriginal Australians a direct say in the policies that affect them. Support for the provision declined from 46 percent in favor in August to 23 percent in this month.
  • Work has begun on redesigning the Minnesota state flag that has long been criticized as offensive to Native people. The current flag shows a White settler plowing a field and a Native American riding away on horseback. The state Legislature this year created the State Emblems Redesign Commission to come up with a new design by January. Unless the new design is vetoed by the Legislature, the updated flag will be adopted on May 11.
  • In Hawai’i, a group of Polynesian authors came together recently to raise money for a big cause. Six of the leading voices in Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities put on a panel at a local book store on Oahu. Books for Maui raised more than $208,000.

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.

McKenzie Allen-Charmley, Dena’ina Athabascan, is a producer for the ICT Newscast. Instagram: @mallencharmley.

Paris Wise, Zia and Laguna Pueblos, 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 her at pauly@ictnews.org

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

Nick Parks is a Production Assistant for the ICT Newscast.On Twitter: @NickParks2002

Jack Orleans is an Intern for the ICT Newscast. On Twitter @JackOrleans5

Demi Dupavillon is an Intern for the ICT Newscast. On Twitter @DemiDupavillon

Mark Trahant, Shoshone-Bannock, is ICT editor-at-large and executive producer of the ICT Newscast Email: marktrahant@ictnews.org Trahant is based in Phoenix.

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