This week on IndigiPolitics, a preview of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, the Bureau of Indian Affairs is a 200 year old institution, and Tuesday’s California primary election. ICT political correspondent Pauly Denetclaw is here to talk more about this with regular contributor Holly Cook Macarro.

It was primary election day Tuesday in California. Among those on the ballot was Yurok Vice-Chairman Frankie Myers. The Democrat was hoping to become the state’s second Native American assemblymember, but came up short. Ahead of the race, ICT’s Paris Wise asked him about his campaign experience and about the lessons learned.

Yale historian Ned Blackhawk has won the National Book Award for his work, “The Rediscovery of America.” Now he’s a finalist for another award from the J. Anthony Lukas Prize. Here’s an interview recorded after his National Book Award win.

  • Buffalo hunt traditions are alive and well in the Northern Plains, but with some modern twists. ICT’s Amelia Schafer has more from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
  • In Nebraska, a new bill would ensure the voting rights of Native Americans are upheld, if it passed into law. The creation of a state voting rights commission would study barriers for Native voters.
  • In Minnesota, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community wraps up its groundbreaking campaign to educate an entire state about the nations that predate the state. The nation has ended its $5 million Understand Native Minnesota Initiative.
  • An ad campaign in California is highlighting the languages spoken by Indigenous Peoples from Mexico and Central America. The eight new billboards that went up in Los Angeles are trying to correct the misconception that Indigenous Peoples from Mexico and Central American only speak Spanish.
  • A groundbreaking and fearless leader has died. Veronica Homer from the Colorado River Indian Tribes was the first woman to lead the National Congress of American Indians in 1977. She was the first Miss Indian Arizona in 1961. She served as vice-president of her tribe for ten years. According to her niece, she died Monday at her home in Parker, Arizona after a long illness. She was 80-years-old.

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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.

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 her at 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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