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.

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. St. John spoke with ICT’s Stewart Huntington about the effort.

“This Indian Kid: A Native American Memoir” is out this week. Author Eddie Chuculate spoke with ICT’s Shirley Sneve about growing up in Oklahoma, and many other places.

  • The Canadian Minister of Indigenous Services has been told to cut this year’s budget by Treasury Board President Anita Anand. Minister Patty Hajdu claims that service delivery to First Nations will not be impacted, but the budget will drop a total of $7.6 billion.
  • The Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe and the Ely Shoshone Tribe are leading the effort to protect ancestral ceremonial lands. Known as Bahsahwahbee or Swamp Cedars, the tribes want it protected as a National Monument. It is the site of 11 massacres at the hands of troops and vigilantes. Campaign leaders say the time is ripe with growing political support.
  • The Southern Baptist Convention in Oklahoma has ousted a church whose pastor defended his blackface performance and his impersonation of a Native woman. The executive committee of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination voted Tuesday that Matoaka Baptist Church of Ochelata be deemed not in friendly cooperation with the convention, which is the official terminology for an expulsion. The church’s pastor Sherman Jaquess dressed in blackface for a 2017 church Valentine’s Day event. He claimed to be impersonating the late soul singer Ray Charles.
  • In China where authorities have banned a book on Indigenous Mongolians. Radio Free Asia says orders have been issued to remove the book called “A General History of the Mongols.” It is by scholars from the Inner Mongolia Institute of Education’s Mongolian Studies Department. The move is perceived as an effort to target ethnic Mongolians by Beijing and cultivate Chinese national identity. Indigenous Mongolians make up nearly 20 percent of Inner Mongolia’s 23 million people. 

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

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