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The 36th Annual Black Hills Powwow in Rapid City, South Dakota brought together over 1,800 dancers from across the count...
10/14/2025

The 36th Annual Black Hills Powwow in Rapid City, South Dakota brought together over 1,800 dancers from across the country for three days of singing, dancing, hand games, a parade, and much more. Tag someone you’d bring to the next Powwow!

📷 Amelia Schafer

Typhoon Halong slammed western Alaska over the weekend, devastating villages, including those largely inhabited by Indig...
10/14/2025

Typhoon Halong slammed western Alaska over the weekend, devastating villages, including those largely inhabited by Indigenous people, and leaving one person dead, two missing and hundreds seeking shelter

Typhoon left one person dead, two missing and more than 1,000 people seeking shelter after storm slammed the area over the weekend

10/14/2025

Blackfeet filmmaker Ivy MacDonald shares two films—Buffalo Spirit and Bring Them Home—telling the story of her community’s deep connection to buffalo and efforts to restore tribally managed herds. Both films will air on PBS.
Learn more at https://ow.ly/jQr250Xa5u1

✍️ Reported by Shirley Sneve

10/11/2025

In Rapid City, South Dakota, Yankton Sioux tribal member Valeriah Big Eagle is stepping forward to run for city council. Representing Ward 4, she hopes to bring Native voices, women’s leadership, and lived experience with housing and community struggles to the decision-making table.
🔗 Learn more: https://ow.ly/stUx50X8I88

✍️ Reported by Amelia Schafer

Attendees of a Sept. 26 forum at Arizona State University debated the impacts of AI on data sovereignty within Indian Co...
10/10/2025

Attendees of a Sept. 26 forum at Arizona State University debated the impacts of AI on data sovereignty within Indian Country. Throughout the symposium one thing was clear – AI is here and is already affecting tribal nations.

Attendees of the "Pre-Wiring the Rez" symposium at Arizona State University on September 26 discussed the future of AI in Indian Country

In the latest Indigenous A&E column, an exhibition in Miami will feature Seminole artists’ work, curated to demonstrate ...
10/10/2025

In the latest Indigenous A&E column, an exhibition in Miami will feature Seminole artists’ work, curated to demonstrate their tribe’s resilience.

A biweekly column from ICT with the latest news from the arts and entertainment world

10/10/2025

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10/10/2025

The 25th Navajo Nation Council has accused President Nygren of unlawfully removing the tribe's Controller Sean McCabe and appointing an “illegal controller.” According to the Council, McCabe’s removal came after his office released documents showing the Office of the President and Vice President executed a budget revision of $250,000 from missing persons services to cover travel and operational costs. The Council reaffirmed McCabe as controller citing that the office had not received any documentation regarding removal.

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10/09/2025

The Gila River Indian Community’s Casa Blanca solar-over-canal project is now fully complete—and producing even more clean energy than expected. After nearly a year online, the project is generating up to 1.6 megawatts of power, a step toward the community’s goal of becoming carbon neutral.
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✍️ Reported by Daniel Herrera Carbajal

All-Indigenous musical ‘Bear Grease’ tours across Canada.
10/09/2025

All-Indigenous musical ‘Bear Grease’ tours across Canada.

A sold-out tour across Canada stirs Indigenous audiences young and old

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10/08/2025

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