Cece Meadows, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the makeup line Prados Beauty, has found a lot of success along a difficult road. As a cancer and domestic abuse survivor, Meadows has persevered to make her dreams come true. The makeup line, launched in 2019, can now be found in JCPenny stores around the country.

The United States Postal Service unveiled its latest collection of Forever Stamps. Called “The art of the Skateboard.” It goes on sale next week. Two of the four stamps for this collection were created by Indigenous artists. Di’Orr Greenwood used her Navajo culture to bring her stamp to life.

The Biden administration gave the green light for the Willow Project earlier this week, which is a drilling project on the North Slope of Alaska by the company ConocoPhillips. The decision was widely-criticized by climate advocates, but celebrated by several lawmakers. The Willow Project decision came from the Bureau of Land Management which is an agency overseen by Secretary Deb Haaland. ICT regular contributor John Tahsuda has more.

  • In South Dakota, three separate Indian Child Welfare bills have died in the state Legislature, leaving tribal leaders very angry. Officials from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe are calling the lack of action by state lawmakers “gross negligence.”
  • In neighboring Minnesota, things are different. The state’s governor is expected to sign a bill on ICWA into law soon. The Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act was adopted in 1985 as a supplement to the federal law on child welfare. Two Native American lawmakers in the state introduced a bill this session to update the law’s language in an effort to strengthen it.
  • The Métis Nation British Columbia is fighting for its sovereignty. The dispute started after tribe wanted to join a lawsuit over the country’s Indigenous Child Welfare Law. The Canadian government rejected that request, saying the Métis couldn’t join because it is not an “Indigenous governing body.”
  • Police there have uncovered what is being called the “biggest art fraud in world history.” Last week, Thunder Bay police announced the arrest of eight suspects in connection with a year-long investigation into the forgery of paintings. Officials announced that more than a thousand counterfeit works by the Ojibwe artist Norval Morrisseau were also seized.
  • Plant lovers in Arizona who want help identifying Indigenous species now have an app for that. The app iNaturalist collects information on traditionally used plants that have cultural, medicinal, or economic values important to tribal communities. The U.S. Forest Service and Arizona based tribes partnered to create the app as part of the Tribal Nation Botanical Research Collaborative.

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