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“Madam Vice President, welcome to the ICT Newscast.”
History made in one opening line from ICT’s Newscast Anchor Aliyah Chavez, Kewa Pueblo, when she welcomed Vice President Kamala Harris onto the ancestral lands of the Akimel O’odham and Piipaash peoples on the Gila River Indian Reservation, south of Phoenix, on July 6.
Vice President Harris’ visit in the Gila River Indian Community marks the first visit from a sitting president or vice president for the Indigenous nation. Past presidents and vice presidents have previously visited other Indigenous nations across the country.
The vice president made the trip to Gila River, with an invite from Gov. Stephe Roe Lewis, as part of the Investing in America Tour. Addressing the crowd at the Gila Crossing Community School south of Phoenix, the vice president highlighted the Biden-Harris Administration’s recent investments in tribal nations, particularly those to address the climate crisis and support Native-owned small businesses. READ MORE. — Jourdan Bennett-Begaye and Nika Bartoo-Smith, ICT and Underscore
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Rapid City’s Main Street Square was lined with Indigenous artists showcasing their work on the weekend of July 8-9 for the eleventh annual Native POP: People of the Plains market.
This year’s Native POP kicked off Friday, July 7 with a juried art show at the Journey Museum, followed by the two-day market and Saturday fashion show.
During the fashion show, Indigenous models representing six Indigenous designers graced the runway in stacked ribbon dresses, leather, fringe, beadwork and more.
Among the designers was the AltarxNatives trio: seamstress and small business owner Caitlin Hein, Sicangu Lakota from Mission, S.D.; leather worker Ryia LeBeau, Oohe Nunpa Lakota from Eagle Butte, S.D.; and visionary Eunice Straight Head, Mniconju Lakota from Eagle Butte, S.D. READ MORE. — Amelia Schafer, ICT + Rapid City Journal
Thousands gathered in Browning, Montana over the weekend to reconnect and celebrate the history and culture through song and dance, competitions and remembering, during the 69th annual North American Indian Days.
Indian Days is a four-day celebration in the heart of the Blackfeet Nation. This year’s event featured powwow dancers, vendors and visitors from across the state and throughout Indian Country.
The powwow began on the first Thursday of July but Indian Day events took place all week, starting with a Youth Day, Veterans Powwow, and Independence Day activities. The powwow was accompanied by the North American Indian Days rodeo which features infamous and competitive Indian relay horse races. READ MORE. — JoVonne Wagner, ICT
Native Americans living on tribal land face many barriers to their voting rights, according to a new report finalized Monday by a civil rights committee.
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is an independent, bipartisan agency established in 1957. The commission’s mission is to investigate and report on issues related to civil rights, and to make non-binding recommendations.
In the wake of concerns raised by some Native American voters, the U.S. The Commission’s South Dakota Advisory Committee decided to focus on the issue.
The 11-member committee of diverse backgrounds and political affiliations will publish the final report online in the coming days. The committee provided South Dakota Searchlight with a policy brief Monday that summarizes the broader report. READ MORE. — South Dakota Searchlight
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On the Tuesday edition of the ICT Newscast, meet a Cherokee woman who rode her bike for nearly 1,000 miles along the Trail of Tears. New street signs in Alaska feature the Tlingit language and Vice President Kamala Harris shares Native voting rights and protecting children.
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The city of San Antonio historically sees its hottest days of summer between late July and mid-August, when the daily high temperatures average 97 degrees.
But a span of triple-digit temperatures had already begun on June 23, and Alesia Garlock was worried it would only get worse for the sacred nesting birds and heritage trees under threat from the city.
“San Antonio is a heat island,” she told ICT on the first of the 100 degree-plus days. “The city is going to remove 48 trees at Brackenridge Park and plans on removing at least 50 more. Without those trees, it’s going to only get hotter there. And what’s a park without trees?” READ MORE. — Richard Arlin Walker, Special to ICT
- Indigenous chef wins James Beard award: ‘Sly Fox’ owner Sherry Pocknett named Best Chef Northeast.
- Native artists travel new paths to prosperity: A beer store that robbed talent now invests in it.
- Transcript: Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit with ICT: The vice president met with ICT’s Aliyah Chavez in the Gila River Indian Community.
- Maine governor vetoes proposal sought by tribes: ‘With all due respect to the chief executive, the time has come and passed for us to rectify our laws and honor the inherent sovereignty of the Wabanaki Nations.’
- Dig begins at a long-closed boarding school: Archeologists are digging in a central Nebraska field trying to find the some 80 children who were buried more than a century ago at the Genoa Indian Industrial School.
- Wells Fargo promotes Dawson Her Many Horses, head of Native American banking, to MD.
- ‘Just the beginning’: Nicole Mann is the first Indigenous woman astronaut in space.
- NAIG 2023 releases additional Opening Ceremony tickets.
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