Greetings, relatives:
We start with an interesting feature story from our Pacific Northwest Bureau.
Reporter Nika Bartoo-Smith was in Northern California to interview Indigenous husband and wife duo Joe and Elly O’Rourke, owners of the Salmon River Outpost. The outpost has a long history. Nika explains here.
At our Mountain Bureau, ICT profiled the Oceti Sakowin Community Academy in Rapid City. The academy first opened its doors September 2022, marking itself as Rapid City’s first Indigenous-led school. Reporter Amelia Schafer explains.
In Canada, a first. Wab Kinew was sworn in as 1st Nations premier of Manitoba. Kinew swept to a majority victory in the Manitoba provincial election on Oct. 3. Reporter Miles Morrisseau was there and has more.
October also brought us the highly-anticipated “Killers of the Flower Moon.” The powerful Osage drama is generating Oscar buzz and has been praised for authenticity. Sandra Hale Schulman has the details.
Be sure to watch our daily newscast, “ICT Newscast with Aliyah Chavez.” Replays of each show can be found there.
Here are ICT stories you should read up on and share in your network.
NEWS
‘Our children came home with moccasins’: Beaded moccasins confiscated from a Native boy at the Carlisle school more than 100 years ago finally return to their homelands.
A week of awards at ICT: President Karen Michel and editor-at-large Mark Trahant talk about what it means to work in Indigenous journalism as they receive national awards.
Wab Kinew sworn in as 1st First Nations premier of Manitoba: A ceremony was held this week in Winnipeg along with the announcement of the new premier’s diverse cabinet.
Joe Biden nominates Cherokee citizen to federal bench: Former Cherokee Nation Attorney General Sara Hill is the president’s fourth Native American judicial nominee.
Students grow with garden: An Omaha Nation school garden is teaching students valuable employment skills and life lessons.
Indigenous artists named in MacArthur Fellowship: Fellowship recipients, whose work highlights modern and traditional worldviews, each receive an $800,000 grant.
Judge rules San Antonio must allow Native church access to sacred site: Federal judge says the city can continue efforts to deter birds from the area but can’t interfere with ceremonies.
A Native Arizonan for Congress: Former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez runs for Arizona’s second congressional district.
‘Canon of stories’ raises Indigenous excellence: New inductees into the National Native Hall of Fame: Leslie Marmon Silko, Richard Trudell, LaNada War Jack, Joe DeLaCruz, Will Sampson and Mark Trahant.
Couple settles lawsuit after daughters’ hair was cut: The settlement requires the school to get consent from parents before cutting students’ hair and to implement cultural competency training for staff.
The man behind the Native Hall of Fame: James Parker Shield has gone from rough and tumble street survivor to founder of the National Native American Hall of Fame.
Imprisoned Monache man inches closer to freedom: Judge cites ‘reasonable likelihood’ Doug Stankewitz could be released after 45 years in San Quentin for a murder he says he didn’t commit.
New generations of Native people step up to run for office: Anthony Tamez won election this year at age 23 to the Chicago Police District Council after attending a Native political forum.
Cherokee museum unveils name change, new look: Rebrand of the 75-year-old museum will reflect more contemporary exhibits and community involvement.
‘Orange Wave’ elects Canada’s first-ever First Nations provincial premier: Wab Kinew and the New Democratic Party take charge in Manitoba.
Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day 2023: A list of events happening on and around Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2023.
Tribal-driven energy grant invites communities to choose: Collaborative $4 million tribal energy sovereignty grant defers decision-making to tribal colleges.
Tübatulabal Tribe acquires 1,240 acres of ancestral land: Chairman says site will be ‘the nucleus of everything we do from now on.’
WASHINGTON DC BUREAU
Explaining House Republicans … ‘the Sharice Davids’ factor: Holly Cook Macarro explains the difficulty of governing in the House without a working majority.
Tom Cole not seeking speakership, criticizes Kevin McCarthy’s ousting: Both of the conservative Indigenous members of Congress voted to keep Kevin McCarthy as speaker.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST BUREAU
After student walkout, a small victory: Students at Siletz Valley School objected to the school’s refusal to observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The school principal later berated them for walking out in protest, but in the end, they were successful: the school board voted to designate the day an official holiday.
School principal investigated after seventh complaint: Students at Siletz Valley School objected to the school’s refusal to observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The school principal later berated them for walking out in protest.
Annual gala celebrates Indigenous excellence: The Northwest Native Chamber aims to uplift Indigenous economies. It recently celebrated Native entrepreneurs, students, chefs and designers with an epic party.
California gold rush outpost now in Native hands: After nearly two centuries, the Salmon River Outpost has become a hub for Indigenous community members.
Leading in an Indigenous Way: Executive Director of Friends of Tryon Creek Gabe Sheoships, Cayuse and Walla Walla, is a recipient of the 2023 Ecotrust Indigenous Leadership Awards.
Northwest Native fashion show a hit: The second annual Northwest Native Fashion Show was a festival of cultural celebration. Organizers see it as a way to merge traditional and Western culture.
Celebrated Spokane activist shot at New Mexico protest: Protesters were celebrating a county decision to postpone replacement of a statue of a notoriously brutal conquistador when a man in a MAGA hat shot Spokane, Wash. artist and activist Jacob Johns.
ALASKA BUREAU
Hearing on boarding schools wraps up with healing totem pole raising: Interior Secretary Deb Haaland was in Alaska as part of her latest Road to Healing tour.
Model and activist draws on tradition, community for healing: Quannah Chasinghorse was the youth keynote speaker at the 2023 Elders and Youth conference in Alaska.
Elders and youth conference focuses on healing: ‘So love is really the healing power that we all hold in our hands.’
Agency disaster programs overlook melting permafrost: Policies, regulations a poor fit to Alaska’s unique terrain and climate.
MOUNTAIN BUREAU
A school where students can be ‘unapologetically Indigenous’: The Oceti Sakowin Community Academy is allowing youth to reclaim knowledge and culture taken from their ancestors.
Family of hit-and-run victim seeks answers: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe offering $20,000 for information leading to the prosecution of the suspect in a September hit-and-run.
State report reveals Colorado boarding schools’ troubled past: The report by History Colorado identified at least 31 student graves at Fort Lewis Indian Boarding School and 37 students and others at Grand Junction Boarding School.
Law enforcement issues unresolved following Oglala Lakota lawsuit: Judge orders tribe and federal government to negotiate a settlement of lawsuit within weeks.
USDA working with ranchers toward Indigenous food sovereignty: A new pilot program announced this week aims to localize meat distribution, support small businesses and improve food distribution on reservations.
Dancing for inclusion: 8-year-old is the first powwow royalty to represent the two-spirit community at Black Hills Powwow.
‘We’re on the right side of history’: NDN Collective kicks off inaugural Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebration.
Uncovering the history of Rapid City Indian School: Construction set to begin on the Remembering the Children Memorial, to be built on the site of the former boarding school.
Powwow preparation a painstaking, costly endeavor: Locals prepare for Black Hills powwow, one of the nation’s largest.
Survivors speak out against domestic abuse: Indigenous women more likely to experience intimate partner violence, less likely to receive help.
ENTERTAINMENT
INDIGENOUS A&E: LAND artist, storytellers and Native films.
Top Indigenous horror films for Halloween: A (mostly) non-Indian Burial Ground edition.
An Indigenous kitchen, duck eggs … and Leonardo DiCaprio: Redefining food for the next generation.
Uncovering conversations in Indian Country: The new short film ‘The Roof’ on Disney Plus tells the story of a Two-Spirit, Northern Cheyenne teenager bonding with his grandfather.
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ opens across US (finally!): Powerful Osage drama already generating Oscar buzz, praise for authenticity.
‘The American Buffalo’ traces fall and rise of a ‘sacred relationship’: Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns examines the dark history and ongoing recovery of the buffalo in a new series for PBS.
INDIGENOUS A&E: Artists, snakes and Native ‘Power Builders.’
‘Little Bird’ television series explores Canada’s ‘Sixties Scoop’: Powerful new show will be accompanied on PBS by a companion documentary.
‘Tantoo in Flight’ brings new acclaim to Taos Pueblo fashion designer: Custom dress for ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ premiere in France caught the world’s attention.
SPORTS
Medicine game heads to 2028 Olympics: For years, the Haudenosaunee Nationals have been in the lead in asking for lacrosse to be an Olympic sport.
Henry Boucha, Ogichidaa: ‘You made others better’: Hundreds turn out for a remembrance celebration for US Hockey Hall of Famer and Olympic silver medalist Henry Boucha.
Hall of Fame hockey player Henry Boucha dies at 72: Groundbreaking Olympic medalist and NHL player became known for his Native headbands and skill on the ice.
GLOBAL INDIGENOUS NEWS
GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: Treaty rights at center of lobster, fishing dispute in Canada.
GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: Celebrations marred by arrests in China.
GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: Malaysian activists rack up wins against timber company.
GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: Māori theater amid a world of hurt.
WATCH: ICT NEWSCASTS
Behind the scenes of ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’: Behind the scenes with “Killers of the Flower Moon,” from the red carpet premiere in Hollywood to Leonardo DiCaprio’s private chef. Plus, we learn how a Bic pen is defining an artist in Phoenix.
Indigenous survey looks at priorities: A new survey on Indigenous thought. A ground-breaking attorney is inducted into the Native American Hall of Fame.
A collection of art and music: We continue our Indigenous Peoples Day celebration by speaking with artist John Isaiah Pepion about his ledger art. Poet and founder of NDN Girls Book Club, Kinsale Drake, joins us in our studio for an exclusive reading. And for the 50th anniversary of hip hop, Indigenous music makers talk about the next 50 years.
Government effects on Indian Country: Congress has voted out the speaker of the House, a first in U.S. history. What does it mean for Indigenous communities? A new intertribal resolution supports limits for oil and gas development near Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. A look into a Canadian import designed to help heal boarding school wounds.
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