The ICT Newscast for Friday, June 13, 2025, features an Indigenous woman bringing healing to Mankato, Minnesota, through plant medicine. Menominee and Ho-Chunk language warriors in Wisconsin strengthen heritage. Plus, tribal college funding on the federal chopping block.
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- Wildfire season has already reached historic levels of devastation North of the Medicine Line. Indigenous communities are on the front lines, primarily in the prairie provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
- Tribes in North Dakota want a full federal appeals court to revisit a decision that could diminish native voting rights in the state. A three-judge panel of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that individuals or tribes have no standing under the Voting Rights Act to challenge a redistricting map drawn up by the legislature in 2021.
- Menominee and Ojibwe tribal members are leading efforts to bring their languages back to Wisconsin, reviving what was once targeted for erasure.
- A woman-owned business in Minnesota is helping a community heal – with herbal remedies, entrepreneurial support, and a powerful connection to history.
- Funding for tribal colleges is on the federal chopping block, with the Trump Administration’s new budget proposal threatening deep cuts.
- U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, Ho-Chunk, wants to hear more underrepresented voices in the nation’s capital through supporting youth initiatives.
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