It’s a penalty–that’s the push to get people aware of an issue that’s faced by large events and sports gatherings around the globe – human trafficking. The Super Bowl is coming to Phoenix on Feb. 12, and local tribal community members are concerned. Mary Kim Titla, executive director of UNITY, Inc., is leading those efforts.

How should Indigenous people be represented in society? It’s a question that comes up often in Congress, sports, on television and movies, and now, in the corporate boardroom. ICT’s Mark Trahant reports. It’s part of the Indigenous Economics Project, with funding from the Bay and Paul Foundations.

When Indigenous people leave their homelands for the city, how do they find connections to culture? For many years, Urban Indians in Minneapolis have gravitated towards the Phillips Neighborhood and Franklin Avenue. The American Indian Cultural Corridor’s identity is the work of the Native American Community Development Institute. All My Relations Arts Gallery is an economic initiative of NACDI. Gallery Director Angela Two Stars talks about the relationships that make it happen.

A slice of our Indigenous world

  • New data is showing a sharp decline in the Russia’s Indigenous population. Of Russia’s 47 officially recognized Indigenous groups, over two thirds have dropped in size. Indigenous Russian nations include the Kereks of Chukotka, Nenets from the Russian Arctic and the Evenks in Siberia’s Yakutia region.
  • The drum and dance troupe Yellow Bird Productions recently partnered with the Superstition Mountain Museum in Arizona to host a Native arts festival. ICT’s RipLey-Simone Kennebrew has the story.
  • In Australia, a new referendum to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have representation in parliament is on thin ice. This general vote seeks to add language to the country’s constitution so that Native people have a voice in law making.
  • In Chile, a teenage rapper is using her talent to advocate for Indigenous rights. MC Millaray uses her lyrics to highlight the 500-hundred-year struggle of Indigenous people in Chile against European colonization.

Today’s newscast was created with work from:

Shirley Sneve, Ponca/Sicangu Lakota, is vice president of broadcasting 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.

Shirley Sneve, Ponca/Sicangu Lakota, is vice president of broadcasting 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.

R. Vincent Moniz, Jr., NuÉta, is the senior producer of the ICT Newscast. Have a great story? Pitch it to vincent@ictnews.org.

McKenzie Allen-Charmley, Dena’ina Athabaskan, is a producer of the ICT Newscast. On Twitter: @mallencharmley.

Paris Wise, Zia & Laguna Pueblo, is a producer for the ICT Newscast. Instagram and Twitter: @parisiswise. Email: paris@ictnews.org.

Drea Yazzie, Diné, is a producer/editor for the ICT newscast. On Twitter: @quindreayazzie Yazzie is based in Phoenix.

Pacey Smith Garcia, Ute, is a production assistant for the ICT newscast. On Twitter: @paceyjournalist

RipLey-Simone Kennebrew is an intern for the ICT Newscast. On Twitter: @ripleysimoneken

Daniel Herrera Carbajal is an intern for the ICT Newscast. On Twitter: @daniulherrrera

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