The Homestead Act brought a wave of immigrants to the Great Plains in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Rebecca Clarren relates the story of her Jewish ancestors that settled in western South Dakota, near the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. ICT‘s Shirley Sneve has this interview.

A man from Blackfeet Country in Montana is devoted to revitalizing his Native language. ICT‘s Renata Birkenbuel caught up with Robert Hall, to ask about his work and a taste of Hollywood fame.

Two women from the Whitefish Lake First Nation in Alberta, Canada, have not been able to vote. Here’s an update from our partners at APTN. Chris Stewart has the story.

A fire at a cultural center nearly four years ago ruined a collection on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana. Liz Dempsey, from the Montana School of Journalism, reports on how museums and curators from around the region joined in the effort to protect and preserve the sacred, and everyday items damaged in the blaze.

  • The National Endowment for the Humanities announced grants totally $411,000 to tribal nations will support the history of federal boarding schools in the U.S. The Cowlitz Indian Tribe Washington state and the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians in Michigan are among the 13 tribes to receive up to $30,000 in funding.
  • Two tribal nations are suing social media companies over youth suicides. The lawsuit filed earlier this week in Los Angeles County names Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and other popular platform’s parent companies as defendants. The Spirit Lake Tribe in North Dakota and the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin are accusing the social media companies of contributing to the disproportionately high rates of suicide among Native American youth.
  • In Hawai’i, a new bill is under consideration in the state’s legislature that could make a small change on part of its iconic rainbow license plates. If passed into law, it would require all new license plates to include an Okina, which is a glottal stop, between the is in the word Hawai’i.

 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.

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

Mark Trahant, Shoshone-Bannock, is ICT editor-at-large Email: marktrahant@ictnews.org

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