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Yurok Tribal citizens are engaged in a major habitat restoration project. ICT’s Stewart Huntington has more on efforts to restore vegetation in the Klamath River Valley—as the world’s largest dam removal project picks up steam.

Two filmmakers have worked tirelessly to shine a light on a decades-long struggle to revive Tar Creek in Miami, Oklahoma. ICT’s Daniel Herrera has this interview.

It’s not every day a foundation solicits a grant proposal, but that’s exactly what happened to the Center for Great Plains Studies. The Mellon Foundation made a three-year, $1.5 million grant to reconnect the Otoe-Missouria Tribe to its ancestral Nebraska home. ICT’s Shirley Sneve has more.

Dreaming our Futures is an exhibit featuring Ojibwe and Dakota artists. It’s in Minneapolis until mid-March. Shirley Sneve visits with professor and curator Brenda Child, Red Lake Ojibwe.

  • The first Native American person to win a Pulitzer Prize. N. Scott Momaday’s groundbreaking novel, called “House Made of Dawn,” won the prize in 1969. he was a poet, educator and Kiowa historian. According to his publisher, he died at age 89 at his home in Santa Fe. A documentary by Kiowa filmmaker Jeffrey Palmer premiered five years ago at the Sundance Film Festival.
  • A United Nations panel met in Colorado to discuss the role Indigenous communities have in creating a greening economy. Meeting at the University of Colorado-boulder, new strategies are set to promote environmental conservation, resource efficiency and address social inequalities among Indigenous communities.
  • Tribal leaders are calling for state and federal emergency declarations against the fentanyl epidemic in Washington state. At a recent event, Lummi Nation Chairman Anthony Hillaire acknowledged action promised in federal treaty rights related to health care. Out of all drug related deaths in the state, opioid use contributes to over 68 percent of deaths, according to the Washington Department of Health.
  • A federal judge said the federal government, San Carlos Apache Tribe and the Gila River Indian Community did not convince him to reverse a decision to deny their motion to pause a suit over Gila River water usage.

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Today’s newscast was created with work from:

Shirley Sneve, Ponca/Sicangu Lakota, is the senior producer 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.

Paris Wise, Zia and Laguna Pueblo, 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.

Ebonye Delaney is the Executive Producer for the ICT Newscast. Email: ebonye@ictnews.org

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