The price tag is expected to exceed $1.5 trillion. As tribes increase buffalo herds as a cultural and economic development strategy, Troy Heinert is watching. He is the executive director of the Intertribal Buffalo Council and spoke to ICT’s Shirley Sneve.

Leonard Peltier has been in federal prison for nearly 49 years and many groups, including NDN Collective, are pushing the White House for his release. ICT’s Mark Trahant talks to organization’s President and CEO Nick Tilsen about the latest effort.

From coast to coast, major weather events are happening more often. As we’ve seen recently, some can be life threatening, like hurricanes, heat waves, and droughts. All of this means the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been very busy. Kelbie Kennedy is a National Tribal Affairs advocate.

  • A complicated debate about fire, water, and colonialism has added to growing tensions following a deadly wildfire in Lahaina. A land developer in Maui had asked state officials to divert water from rural streams to fight fires. Community members, including Native Hawaiian farmers, say the water the developer wanted for its reservoirs would not have made a difference in the fires.
  • Records from Quaker run schools are set to be digitized and released to the public. Documents related to Quaker-operated Indian boarding schools have been largely unstudied, as they sit in remote and dispersed collections. The Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition will make 20,000 archival pages available on a public database, from at least nine schools in Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.
  • AMC’s hit show “Dark Winds” is gearing up for its season two finale. The series is a psychological crime set in the 19-70s in a remote town on the Navajo Nation. Among the actors, it features Hunkpapa Lakota Zahn McClarnon and Hualapai citizen Kiowa Gordon. Several of the episodes this season have been directed by Native people, including episode five with Navajo Billy Luther. Cheyenne and Arapaho producer Chris Eyre directed this season’s finale. 

Today’s newscast was created with work from:

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.

McKenzie Allen-Charmley, Dena’ina Athabascan, is a producer for the ICT Newscast. Instagram: @mallencharmley.

Paris Wise, Zia and Laguna Pueblos, 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.

Mark Trahant, Shoshone-Bannock, is ICT editor-at-large and executive producer of the ICT Newscast Email: marktrahant@ictnews.org Trahant is based in Phoenix.

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