In Canada, wildfire evacuation orders are still in place for many Native territories. APTN’s Karli Zschogner talked with two longtime friends as they shared their thoughts on traditional fire management and mental health.


Tamara St. John worked for years to get the remains of one of her tribal ancestors returned home from a cemetery at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. With help from the Native American Rights Fund, it ended in a historic pact that introduced ceremony to Carlisle repatriations. ICT’s Stewart Huntington has more.

Ledger art has become a popular style across various tribes. Plains artist John Isaiah Pepion from the Blackfeet Nation has the history and significance behind the art form. ICT’s Paris Wise has this interview. 

  • A repatriation process is underway for the remains of five children who died at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in the 1800s. For the first time, there will be ceremonies included after a historic pact was signed last week between two tribes and the U.S. Army. ICT’s Stewart Huntington has this story.
  • In Brazil, an endangered river has gained “personhood” in the fight to protect it.The Komi Memem River, named Laje on non-Indigenous maps is vital to the people who have inhabited the Western Amazon for centuries. The municipality of Guajara-Mirim passed a groundbreaking law led by councilman Francisco Oro Waram to designate the Komi Memen and its tributaries as living entities with rights — including maintaining their natural flow and protecting the forest around them.

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.

McKenzie Allen-Charmley, Dena’ina Athabascan, is a producer for 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.

Nick Parks is a Production Assistant for the ICT Newscast.On Twitter: @NickParks2002

Jack Orleans is an Intern for the ICT Newscast. On Twitter @JackOrleans5

Demi Dupavillon is an Intern for the ICT Newscast. On Twitter @DemiDupavillon

Mark Trahant, Shoshone-Bannock, is ICT editor-at-large and executive producer of the ICT Newscast Email: marktrahant@ictnews.org Trahant is based in Phoenix.

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