Native American Heritage Month, a White House Tribal Summit, Rock Your Mocs, a global climate conference and more. November was nothing short of busy.
(Related: ICT October 2021 reads)
Here are the ICT stories you should read up on.
- Healing in a time of truth and justice
- Critics accuse Alaska Redistricting Board of gerrymandering
- Honors for tribal excellence, innovation in tribal governance
- Deb Haaland visits Chaco Canyon
- First Native to head the National Park Service
- Deb Haaland seeks to rid US of derogatory place names
- Redistricting leads to concern over diluted Indigenous voting power
- Apsáalooke honor Tomb of Unknown 100 years later
- Native candidates show up on Election Day
- US Census explains American Indian, Alaska Native numbers
- The Lewis and Clark expedition from an Indigenous perspective
- Indigenous tourism an economic ‘powerhouse’
- Indian Country’s best in tourism

- Day 1 takeaways from tribal nations summit
- USDA protecting, empowering Indigenous foodways
- Day 2 takeaways from tribal nations summit
- Indigenous voices stir debates at COP26 climate meeting
- Biden administration to discuss Enbridge Line 5
- Are carbon markets the new gaming for tribes?
- Holding their feet to the fire
- Deb Haaland talks offshore wind energy in Scotland
- ‘Climate champion’ makes waves in Canada’s Parliament

- Stars align to celebrate Indigenous film artists
- ‘Night Raiders’ is a dystopian future of residential school horrors
- Natural-born shooter keeps her eye on the light
- It’s time to #RockYourMocs!
- American Indian Film Festival: 126 films, 30 nominees, 6 winners
- Iconic Clint Eastwood Western dubbed in Navajo
- Indigenous love for Jason Momoa
November started the countdown to the 50th anniversary of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
- ANCSA at 50: Berries, wildlife and toxic lands
- Alaska without ANCSA? Look to Metlakatla
- ‘Being Good Relatives’

400 years later, ‘we did not vanish’
A Canadian looks at American Thanksgiving
- GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: Chemicals, climate and consultation
- GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: Fires, climate and ecocide
- GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: Forests, funding and fine arts
- GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: Climate, pride and adaptation

- Marcella LeBeau filled lives with ‘love and significant meaning’
- Ben Velaise: ‘ANCSA was an enormous experiment’
- Sam Schimmel: Translating between the Indigenous, western worlds
- Willie Hensley: ANCSA or ‘get run over’
- Samuel Hiratsuka: Time to fill ‘big shoes’
Catch up on our newscasts from the month!
- ICT’s virtual fundraiser to raise $40K
- The health and history of Indian Country
- Indigenous worldviews take center stage
- Indian Country’s national roles
- Indigenously floating through space
- #GivingTuesday: Self-determination’s roots
- ICT as public media … just starting at 40
- Thanksgiving offers a way forward

Indian Country Today is a nonprofit news organization. Will you support our work? All of our content is free. There are no subscriptions or costs. And we have hired more Native journalists in the past year than any news organization ─ and with your help we will continue to grow and create career paths for our people. Support Indian Country Today for as little as $10. Sign up for ICT’s free newsletter.

