Dwayne Tomah has been working to preserve, grow and celebrate his Passamaquoddy culture for years. He’s getting an honorary doctorate this weekend and new resources to spread his culture with a year-long fellowship at Colbey College in Maine. ICT‘s Stewart Huntington has the interview.

She’s believed to be the first Alaska Native woman to graduate from Columbia University with a degree in civil engineering. However ongoing protests on campus resulted in her missing her chance to walk across the stage. ICT‘s Renata Birkenbuel reports that while Charitie Ropati may be disappointed that she didn’t walk, she still stands proudly in solidarity with her classmates.

A nonprofit in South Dakota is investing in its future focusing on the youth. The Cheyenne River Youth Project provides programming, events and services to community members. ICT previously spoke to its CEO Julie Garreau about the non-profit’s recent purchase of land. Paris Wise has this follow-up interview.

No matter your background, Saturday or Sunday dinners can be a popular reason to gather with loved ones and relatives. That’s the case in Oklahoma, especially for five tribal nations that have been creating meals, for generations, out of a celebrated main ingredient. ICT’s Aliyah Chavez explores wild onions.

  • An Australian mining company has entered into a first-of-its-kind agreement to benefit Indigenous interests. The Canadian company Agnico Eagle Mines has signed a benefit sharing agreement with the Djarra group. It grants the Djaara control over its environmental impact and compensates its people.
  • A leak at a Canadian chemical plant near an indigenous community is forcing its owner to make some changes. Last month in Ontario, the Aamjiwnaang First Nation declared a state of emergency due to a chemical release from a German petro-chemical company, which resulted in at least ten people visiting the hospital.
  • A request to stop a drilling project in southern Arizona in the Patagonia Mountains has been blocked. The Ninth Circuit has denied an appeal by the Patagonia Area Resource Alliance saying that the organization failed to show drilling would cause irreparable harm.
  • Minnesota schools will soon have an opportunity to participate in a new One-Read program. Thanks to the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, 10,000 copies of a book by Ojibwe author and professor Anton Treuer will be donated to middle and high school teachers, entitled “Everything you Wanted to Know about Indians but were Afraid to Ask”

Today’s newscast was created with work from: 

Shirley Sneve, Ponca/Sicangu Lakota, is the senior producer for the ICT Newscast. Follow her on Twitter @rosebudshirley. She is based in Nebraska.

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: 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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