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Shouts of “kitāskwēw, pihtikwahēw” are heard on television screens across Canada when the country’s unofficial national pastime is being broadcast in the Cree language.
A translation of the very familiar hockey phrase, “He shoots – He scores,” it is one of the many descriptives uttered with great enthusiasm by studio host Earl Wood, Saddle Lake Cree Nation, in the special “Hockey Night in Cree” program on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, APTN, in Canada.
The show features all seven Canadian National Hockey League teams in a five-game broadcast series ending on April 1.
To say that Wood brings dynamic energy would be an understatement. He has passion for the game and for the language. READ MORE. — Miles Morrisseau, ICT
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A specialty license plate to raise funds for families of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit people in Manitoba, Canada, is another step closer to reality.
But most of the steps have already been taken and don’t need to be redone, said NDP-MLA Bernadette Smith, whose sister Claudette Osborne-Tyo disappeared while walking home in Winnipeg in 2008 and has not been located.
The member of Duck Bay First Nation had already received approval from affected families and chosen a design when she introduced a private member’s bill in the Manitoba legislature last October. READ MORE. — APTN National News
It will be another five months before the third season of the hit television series “Reservation Dogs,” filmed in Oklahoma airs.
But the theme of bringing together classic Native American actors and young talent for Indigenous representation in the teen comedy and drama is set.
Oklahoman Lane Factor stars as ‘Cheese’ and takes part in a quest to California after the death of the fifth member of his teenage friend group. Full of adventures both criminal and comical, the series follows each member of the ‘Rez Dogs’ in their own paths of grief and growth. READ MORE. — Gaylord News
A lawsuit filed last week accuses a Northern California county and the state’s Department of Social Services of unfairly denying Native American youth access to extended foster care benefits, designed as a lifeline for young adults ages 18, 19 and 20 who’ve been raised in government care.
The plaintiffs include tribal citizen and former foster youth Madison Fisher, who describes being stripped of her county-arranged housing just months after she moved in.
“The abrupt eviction and elimination of her primary income left Plaintiff Fisher vulnerable to depression, homelessness, and relapse given her history of substance abuse,” the lawsuit states. “She even made an attempt to end her life.” READ MORE. — The Imprint
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On the Monday edition of the ICT Newscast, Indigenous student interest in STEM fields is declining. New Mexico lawmakers sent more than 200 bills to the state’s governor this session. Plus, a Hawaiian elder shares his traditions.
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An Indigenous chef in Rhode Island has been nominated for a very prestigious award
Mashpee Wampanoag citizen Sherry Pocknett has been cooking locally and seasonally since she was growing up on Cape Cod in the 1960s. She is the owner of the Sly Fox Den Too and her daughters, Jade Pocknett-Galvin and Cheyenne Pocknett-Galvin, make dishes that include fish, venison and squash. READ MORE. — R. Vincent Moniz, Jr.
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- ‘Fancy Dance’ film moves to a new rhythm: Indigenous director Erica Tremblay works to find the ‘humanity’ in her films.
- Official: Willow project holds promise, faces obstacles: Oil has long been the state’s economic lifeblood.
- Arizona partners with Native organization to prevent human trafficking: The program is geared toward developing a curriculum to create awareness and prevention resources on human trafficking and missing and murdered Indigenous people.
- Australia sets wording of Indigenous Voice referendum: The Voice would be an elected group charged with advocating Indigenous interests.
- New Arctic reports being issued: University experts, public and private partners are the authors.
- ‘Like a living scrapbook’: ‘My Powerful Hair’ is a celebration of Native culture.
- Virginia Army base renamed in honor of Native American war hero; first of 9 Army bases to drop Confederate name.
- Move Over, Tribal Casinos. Cannabis Dispensaries Are Indian Country’s New, Expanding Enterprise.
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