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On our weekly political segment, we talk about President Joe Biden’s new tone on hot topic issues like the southern border. ICT Political Correspondent Pauly Denetclaw and regular contributor John Tahsuda, who is a principal with Navigator’s Global, will talk more about this issue and how it intertwines with the election. 

Educators will soon have a new tool to teach a pivotal moment in Native American history. Choctaw filmmaker Colleen Thurston produced a 13-minute documentary short for Retro Report on the occupation of Alcatraz Island in California. ICT Senior Producer Shirley Sneve has more for us.

  • A bill introduced by two Republican lawmakers in Utah would prohibit scholarships based on race or gender. This comes as Utah universities announced tuition waivers and scholarships for any student enrolled in the state’s eight federally recognized tribes.
  • Harvard University will fund the travel costs of repatriating tribal artifacts and funerary belongings for tribal representatives needing to go to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology to collect these cultural items. 
  • A federal lawsuit in Rhode Island has been filed over refusing to accommodate the religious practices of an Indigenous person who is incarcerated in the state. The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the state’s Department of Corrections, after it allegedly denied requests for this person to wear a religious headband.
  • Last week ICT reported on the Southern York County School District voting to bring back the Susquehannock High School logo portraying a Native American fighter. Now, opponents have started a petition drive and are promoting a bill in the state legislature to fund mascot changes.
  • A lawsuit filed by the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, California Indian Environmental Alliance and others, claim the Department of Water Resources violated California law by approving the Delta Donveyance Project. The suit claims the diversions from the Sacramento River delta area will cause harm to the region’s tribes and threaten wildlife, including endangered species of smelt and salmon violating the California Environmental Quality Act.

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Today’s newscast was created with work from:

Shirley Sneve, Ponca/Sicangu Lakota, is the senior producer 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

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