• A prominent Native American rights leader from Wisconsin has died. The family of Ernie Stevens, Sr. shared the 92-year-old Oneida Nation of Wisconsin citizen died over the weekend. Stevens had a very long and storied career, working to push self-determination after graduating with a degree from MIT. 
  • An Indigenous community in Panama has been forced to relocate after climate change threatened its costal town. The indigenous Gunas from the city of Gardi Sugdub had been preparing to move from their small island off the coast of Panama as their population grew, but hotter summers and fiercer storms quickened the evacuation. 
  • Alaska Native art is being featured on a global scale within the seafood industry. 
  • Tlingit and Athabaskan artist Rico Worl collaborated with the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute to create form-line designs that honor the Alaska Native connection to vital seafood species. 
  • Form-line is a distinctive artistic style used in Southeast Alaska that has been carried on for hundreds of generations. 
  • The Hawaiian volcano Kilauea has erupted. The activity started earlier this week on the Big Island in an area that last erupted in 1974. While the eruption has currently paused, about a half-mile of fissures opened up in a remote location inside Volcanos National Park. 
  • Equitable voting rights for Indigenous communities continue to be a struggle. This is being highlighted by the centennial of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924. Post-1971 miners aren’t covered under the radiation exposure and compensation act. And former president Donald Trump has been convicted of 34 felony counts. Regular contributor Holly Cook Macarro joins ICT political correspondent Pauly Denetclaw has updates. 
  • While food sovereignty is a goal of many tribes across Turtle Island, what happens when the tribe is removed from its traditional homelands? Filmmaker Rebekka Schlichting explores Pawnee corn and its return to Nebraska in “Seed Warriors.” It’s a project of Fire Light Media and the Center for Asian American Media.

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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