Jim Gray was the youngest chief to be elected to lead the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. Today he runs Gray Consulting and helps other tribes with a number of issues, such as updating their tribal constitutions.
In September, the Yurok Tribe signed an agreement with the state of California to make it easier to harvest traditional products. Rosie Clayburn, the tribes’ heritage preservation officer, tells us what this means to her people.
In Rapid City, South Dakota, Natives make up just a fraction of the city’s population but more than half the jail population. A circle of elders is playing a direct role in trying to change that. Stewart Huntington reports.
Tesla is partnering with the Santa Ana Pueblo in New Mexico. The electric car company announced in October that it will open a plant there. Santa Ana Pueblo Gov. Joey Sanchez explains what this partnership means to his people.
Perhaps the audience in England was surprised to see a Mohegan woman going to Europe to study Shakespeare and to write plays from an Indigenous perspective. ICT’s Patty Talahongva sat down with Madeline Sayet to talk about her journey and her play, “Where We Belong.”
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Drea Yazzie, Diné, is a producer/editor for the ICT newscast. On Twitter: @quindreayazzie Yazzie is based in Phoenix.
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Kaitlin Onawa Boysel, Cherokee, is a producer/reporter for Indian Country Today. On Instagram: @KaitlinBoysel Boysel is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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