The ICT Newscast for Friday, September 19, 2025, features stories of strong women, Indigenous knowledge, and cultural resilience. From a Native candidate for city council to land return and policy. Plus a salute to actor Graham Greene, this episode spotlights Native voices shaping the world. 

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  • Indigenous ideas of stewardship are reshaping land conservation. More than 30 Native-led trusts are now leading the way. 
  • In Rapid City, South Dakota, Valeria Big Eagle an Indigenous woman, is running for city council. That’s important in a city with a long and turbulent relationship with the Native population. 
  • Once suppressed by boarding schools and colonization, Ojibwe stickball is making a powerful return. A new film from the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission shows how communities are healing — one game at a time. 
  • Trailblazing First Nations actor Graham Greene has died at age 73. Stewart Huntington caught up with arts and entertainment writer Sandra Hale Schulman to reflect on Greene’s enormous legacy.

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