It’s a destination tourism spot on an island. The Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository in Kodiak, Alaska, wants you to stop by. It recently received a grant from the American Indian-Alaska Native Tourism Association, in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service. April Counceller told ICT producer Shirley Sneve about the project.

In New Mexico, one of the 19 pueblos has created a space to foster and grow community through various events and classes. The Poeh Cultural Center is building back traditions and creating new ones through education, preservation and repatriation. ICT’s Paris Wise has the story.

Across the country, indigenous communities are working to preserve or revitalize their native languages. At the University of Montana, community partnerships made it possible for all of Western Montana to learn Blackfeet, Salish, and Northern Cheyenne. Cathleen Doisher reports how the partnerships boosted participation in a meaningful way.

Across the country, tribes are gaining more say in land use decisions under co-management pacts. The idea is spreading among federal and state agencies. Now a central database of these pacts makes it easier for tribes to find best practices. ICT’s Stewart Huntington has more.

A slice of our Indigenous world

  • The Department of Justice has released its three-year long investigation on the Phoenix police department. It finds discrimination against Native American, Hispanic and Black people when enforcing the law, as well as uses deadly force against those groups when it is unjustified.
  • The drug enforcement administration’s newest report reveals there is no tribal target related to drug trafficking on reservations in South Dakota. The organization’s 2024 national threat assessment found no correlation of the increase of cartel activity and tribes in the state, despite remarks from Gov. Kristi Noem claiming reservations serve as hubs for drugs and human trafficking.
  • Indigenous communities in Peru are detaining illegal miners in the amazon. ICT’s McKenzie Allen-Charmley has this report.
  • An Oglala Lakota man is continuing an important journey, highlighting the struggles faced by Native American veterans. Marcus Palmier completed a 22-mile walk in the summer heat from his home in Batesland, South Dakota to the Pine Ridge powwow arena. It’s a journey he’s made every year for the past three years. The walk honors the estimated 22 veterans who die by suicide every single day.

Shirley Sneve, Ponca/Sicangu Lakota, is the senior producer for the ICT Newscast. Follow her on Twitter @rosebudshirley. She is based in Nebraska.

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. stewart@ictnews.org

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: 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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