Happy New Year, from all of us at ICT. One of our major accomplishments was live coverage of the election, in partnership with FNX and KVCR in San Bernardino, California. Aliyah Chavez looks at the record number of Native Americans appointed to top positions by President Joe Biden.

What’s important to Indigenous voters? ICT’s Pacey Smith Garcia reports.

Many tribal elections were on Nov. 8, 2022, coinciding with state and national elections. ICT’s Vincent Moniz reports.

Across the country, more Native Americans are registered Democrat than Republican. However, it’s not the case in Oklahoma. ICT’s Dacoda McDowell Wahpekeche has more.

Since 2002, Tom Cole has represented Oklahoma in the U.S. House of Representatives. ICT’s Mark Trahant has this profile.

Representative Cole’s Oklahoma colleague in the house, Markwayne Mullin successfully ran for a U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jim Inhofe. ICT’s Dacoda McDowell Wahpekeche profiled the first Native American in the Senate since Colorado’s Ben Nighthorse Campbell.

Open primaries and ranked choice voting were put to the test in a recent special election to complete the term of the late U.S.  Rep. Don Young, an Alaska Republican.

Live coverage is full of surprises. ICT’s Shirley Sneve interviewed Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan.

A slice of our Indigenous world:

  • Native nations have condemned New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on her decision to veto a bill that would protect unmarked burials of Native American ancestors from unintentional excavation.
  • New data shows disproportionate rates of incarceration of Native Americans. In 2021, of the 168 people sentenced to prison in Fremont County 41 percent were Native American, according to statistics from the Wyoming Department of Corrections.
  • In Ottawa, Canada a program is helping to train the next generation of Indigenous entrepreneurs. APTN’s Annette Francis has more on the Indigenous Makers Masterclass Project.
  • Los Angeles residents are mourning the loss of an iconic mountain lion. The lion known as P-22 or as tukuurot to the Tongva, lived in Griffith Park near downtown. Tribes in California are now calling for the lion to receive a proper burial in Griffith Park with the belief that he must be returned to the earth.