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This week on IndigiPolitics, our weekly political segment, we learn more about the Bureau of Indian Affairs, how it could be improved and the history of the bureau. On March 11, the bureau reached its 200th year. ICT political correspondent Pauly Denetclaw and regular contributor John Tahsuda, a principal at Navigators Global, talk more about this.

On Tuesday, we brought you a conversation with Kānaka Maoli singer Kamalei Kawa’a who has impressed celebrity judges on the competition TV show, The Voice. We bring you the second part of that interview. Kawa’a spoke about language, family, hula, and community. The first part can be seen here.

Cherokee music artist and language artist, Agalisiga ‘Chuj’ Mackey, spoke with ICT producer Paris Wise about the Cherokee Nation’s language immersion school and what speaking his language has meant to his life.

  • In North Dakota, a new tax will soon be imposed on alcoholic beverages sold on the lands of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation. The revenue will be shared under an agreement signed by the state’s governor and nation, a first-of-its-kind deal. The nation is set to keep 80 percent of the tax revenue. Tribal Chairman Mark Fox praised the move, for enabling his nation to bring in additional revenue.
  • North of the medicine line, where after almost two years of protests, the Canadian government will fund a $20 million search of the Prairie Green Landfill, in Winnipeg, for the remains of two Indigenous women. In 2022, police rejected searching due to toxic materials and the unsafe environment of the landfill despite community outcry to find the remains of the slain women.
  • Muscogee Creek Nation citizens traveled to Alabama for the 210th anniversary of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. In 1814, some 800 Muscogee people died while defending their lands from U.S. forces. The battle was the single bloodiest day of conflict for Indigenous people with U.S. troops.It paved the way for White settler expansion in the southeast and the eventual forced removal from the region.
  • At Red Cloud School, they’re embracing the power to promote healing while honoring their community’s heritage. Head coach Matt Rama tells us the importance of a name. In this story brought to us by our partners at South Dakota Public Broadcasting.

Today’s newscast was created with work from:

Ebonye Delaney is the executive producer for the ICT Newscast. Email: ebonye@ictnews.org

Shirley Sneve, Ponca/Sicangu Lakota, is 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.

Mark Trahant, Shoshone-Bannock, is ICT editor-at-large Email: marktrahant@ictnews.org

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