One of former President Joe Biden’s last actions in office was to commute the sentence of Leonard Peltier, who has been in prison for nearly 50 years for the deaths of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Reflections on the inauguration and Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Daybreak Star Radio Network extends its reach worldwide and surprising uses of AI.

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Shirley Sneve, Ponca/Sicangu Lakota, is the senior producer for the ICT Newscast. She is based in Nebraska. 

Ebonye Delaney is the Executive Producer for the ICT Newscast. Email: ebonye@ictnews.org 

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. 

Daniel Herrera Carbajal is a video editor for the ICT Newscast. On Twitter: @daniulherrrera 

Pauly Denetclaw, Diné, is a political correspondent for ICT. Email: pauly@ictnews.org 

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