• A favorite pastime is bridging together communities and generations. Pueblos across New Mexico play baseball on different teams and in two leagues to take it all the way to the championship game. The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center has an exhibition on the history of these games and communities. ICT’s Paris Wise has the story and talks to some of today’s players. 
  • This year marks 100 years since President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act into law. At the time, about half the Native American population was already considered citizens of their state or of the United States. While this Act gave American citizenship to Native Americans, it did not immediately mean equal rights. ICT’s political correspondent Pauly Denetclaw shares more. 
  • Last year, Wab Kinew made history after he was elected premier of Manitoba. He became the first Anishinaabe person to ever be premier of a Canadian province. Half a year later and Kinew is back in the powwow circle. Last week, up to 15,000 people attended the Manito Ahbee Festival in Winnipeg where Kinew hosted a men’s Chicken dance special. APTN was there and has all of the sights and sounds.

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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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