Muwekma Ohlone Chairwoman Charlene Nijmeh sent a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland in July asking for the National Eagle Feather Repository to be made accessible to the tribe. The repository is maintained by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to distribute the feathers of golden eagles, and bald eagles, to Native Americans and Alaska Natives from federally recognized tribes. This California tribe is not federally recognized, due to a decades-old technical error.

It is salmon season in Alaska which means families are setting up camp to harvest, and preserve, precious fish for the winter. ICT’s Joaqlin Estus found one family that’s taking fish camp one step further, with the creation of Fish Camp Barbie.

  • A visionary in Native media, Frank Blythe, died in Lincoln, Nebraska on July 21. Blythe was the founding director of the Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium—now called Vision Maker Media. Blythe, who was Eastern Cherokee and Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota, was 82.
  • A National Monument in the Grand Canyon is being proposed to protect over a million acres of land. The proposal comes as the public lands around the canyon are targets for uranium mining. Last month, Arizona senators Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema introduced legislation to create the national monument.
  • The award winning movie “War Pony” is now showing in select theaters across the country. The film is a collaboration between Native American script writers Bill Reddy and Franklin Sioux Bob, and directors Gina Gammell and Elvis Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough.
  • Temperatures have been breaking records across the country this summer, but some middle school students in Phoenix found a fun and educational way to beat the heat. ICTs Pacey Smith-Garcia tells us more.

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.

R. Vincent Moniz, Jr., NuÉta, is the senior producer of the award winning ICT Newscast. Have a great story? Pitch it to vincent@ictnews.org.

McKenzie Allen-Charmley, Dena’ina Athabascan, is a producer of the ICT Newscast. Instagram: @mallencharmley.

Paris Wise, Zia and Laguna Pueblos, 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.

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