There’s a new movie from Amerinda streaming now. It’s written, directed, produced and casted by Osage filmmaker Diane Fraher. ICT‘s Shirley Sneve has this interview.

The spring season means students of all ages will soon walk across stages across America after completing long academic journeys. Here’s some tips for those Native American students wanting to show up on graduation day, with their cultural identity on display. ICT’s Aliyah Chavez reports.

ICT’s Mark Trahant sat down with Mark Podlasly to hear more about the First Nations major project coalition’s conference in Toronto. He the coalition’s chief sustainability officer.

  • The Bureau of Land Management has released its plan to manage 13.3 million acres of public lands in Central and Northern Alaska. The Central Yukon Resource Management Plan proposes land expansion, fish and wildlife protection and the development of recreational areas, among other things.
  • The Puyallup Tribe is making a big investment in a green energy solutions for the world and economic security at home. ICT’s Stewart Huntington has more.
  • A new facility, built by the Chief Seattle Club, will house Native American adults experiencing chronic homelessness. The Sacred Medicine House in Seattle, will open 120 apartment units to single adults and adult couples without children.
  • In Nevada, an endangered wildflower poses challenges for what could become the third lithium mine in the U.S. Rhyolite Ridge holds one of the largest known lithium and boron deposits and will help accelerate key materials for electric vehicles. The mine threatens Tiehm’s Buckwheat, a yellow and cream colored flower, an endangered species listed in 2022, citing mining as the biggest threat to its survival.
  • Parts of the Midwest and Southeast a double dose of these singing insects, cicadas. One brood on a 13-year cycle and the other on a 17-year cycle will emerge from the ground. There will be an estimated one million insects per acre across 16 states, a cicada expert at the University of Connecticut predicts. Often mistaken for locusts, cicadas are more noisy than they do harm.

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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