Phoenix is getting ready this week to host the Super Bowl. ICT will have reporters on the ground with pre-game events. Who are the Indigenous players on the Kansas City and Philadelphia teams? NDN Sports co-founder Brent Cahwee tells us more.

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— Indigenized Super Bowl
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The Forest Service wants to strengthen relationships with federally recognized tribes. Under the Department of Agriculture, it controls the national forests and grasslands. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore talked with ICT’s Shirley Sneve about plans for tribal consultations. And learning traditional best practices.

Partisanship seems to be the wave of the future in the nation’s capital. With Republicans controlling the House, and the Democrats hanging on by a thread of power in the Senate, what does the future hold for Americans? The CEO and Principal of SevenStar Holdings joins us today. He’s a former chief of staff of Markwayne Mullen, he’s a Cherokee citizen from Oklahoma.

A slice of our Indigenous world

  • COVID-19 is still the leading cause of death for Indigenous Americans and Alaska Natives.
  • The Environmental Protection Agency has stopped a controversial gold and copper mine in order to protect salmon populations. Known as Pebble Mine supporters argue the mine will improve the economy of the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. Many local tribes, fisherman and conservation groups are worried about the impact of the Bristol Bay watershed, which has the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery.
  • In Brazil, illegal mining is being blamed for the growing Yanomami health crisis in the Amazon rainforest. Severe malnutrition and disease, particularly malaria, are destroying the Indigenous communities in the country.
  • Indigenous women are being empowered through free self-defense classes at the University of Winnipeg. The program began in 2018 as a reaction to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People crisis.
  • Another Indigenous person is making history on Broadway. Sicangu citizen and playwright Larissa Fasthorse will soon see her name shining out front of the Helen Hayes Theatre in New York City. “The Thanksgiving Play” makes its debut there on March 23. 

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.

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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