Indian Country Today

11/01/2025

Major wildfires in Los Angeles continue for a third day, leaving thousands displaced and killing five individuals so far.

Many Native people on social media are sharing resources for those in the Los Angeles area regarding shelters, transportation, food, water, and more.

Below is a collection of resources for Native, Alaska Natives, or Indigenous peoples in southern California.

Email ICT any resources to include

11/01/2025

In developing “North of North,” a new Inuk comedy co-produced by APTN, CBC and Netflix, the creators made one thing clear: it had to be “a h***y show.”

“So often Indigenous women don’t have any bodily autonomy in shows and aren’t allowed to enjoy s*x. They’re often victims of it,” said Nunavut-born co-creator Stacey Aglok MacDonald during an interview last month in Toronto.

“We really wanted to show Inuit women and Indigenous women being in control of their bodies, having feelings and wanting romance and wanting s*x and all of that stuff.”

Lambe, who is Inuk and was born in Nunavut, said she hopes Siaja breaks stereotypes of Indigenous women being “victims of our circumstances.”

11/01/2025

On January 9th, the United States Department of the Interior held the second of two scheduled auctions for oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), a 19-million-acre expanse in Alaska’s North Slope Borough, an equivalent to a county in Alaska’s jurisdictions, that has been a focal point of drilling controversy for over six decades.

The Biden Administration will open Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas leases this January. Alaskan Native Communities want a seat at the table

11/01/2025

Out-of-control wildfires that swept across Los Angeles and Southern California on Tuesday night forced the Screen Actors Guild to cancel its plans to announce the nominations live Wednesday morning. The nominations were instead issued by press release by SAG, which last year began a multiyear deal with Netflix to stream the awards.

Lily Gladstone, Siksikaitsitapii and Nimíipuu, was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series for her role in Hulu’s “Under The Bridge.”

'Wicked' tops SAG Awards nominations, many big-names are snubbed

11/01/2025

Highly trained firefighters from the Navajo Nation are en route to help fight the devastating fires in the Los Angeles basin.

Twenty-three members of the Navajo Scouts headed west Wednesday afternoon to join the fight against what is shaping up to be the worst wildfire outbreak in Southern California history.

UPDATED: Multiple wildfires are ravaging the Los Angeles area, displacing thousands of people who are fleeing devastating flames that have taken five lives

10/01/2025

The search for the remains of two First Nations women murdered by a serial killer is at the one-month mark at a Winnipeg area landfill.

Acknowledging the non-disclosure agreements signed by the families and those involved in the search with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, the grandmother of one of the victims told APTN News she remains optimistic.

“On a personal note, I am hoping they find my girl soon,” said Donna Bartlett of Marcedes Myran, one of four women Jeremy Skibicki was convicted of killing and disposing of during a trial last summer.

Officials believe the remains of Myran, 26, and Morgan Harris, 39, are in the Prairie Green Landfill, just north of Winnipeg. Police have said the remains were emptied from garbage trucks in May 2022.

10/01/2025

Though black-tailed prairie dogs have a long-standing reputation as pests, their ingenious tunnel systems and industrious prairie pruning make them one of the West’s primary ecosystem engineers. Some researchers call them the “chicken nuggets of the prairie”; if a prairie species eats meat, it almost certainly eats prairie dogs. Without prairie dogs, black-footed ferrets would never survive outside zoos and breeding facilities, and we would have far fewer mountain plovers, burrowing owls, swift foxes, and ferruginous hawks.

They’re among the region’s most despised species, but some tribes, researchers and landowners are racing to save them

10/01/2025

The Osage Nation, thwarted by a 2010 federal court decision that has pinned it into a corner from which it has been unable to extricate itself, is challenging that ruling anew. The suit was intended to confirm the existence of the Osage reservation – and to bar the state of Oklahoma from taxing the income of Osage tribal members who work and live on that reservation.

The Nation seeks to overturn the 2010 Irby ruling that denied reservation recognition, citing landmark Supreme Court precedent

10/01/2025

On January 9th, the United States Department of the Interior will hold the second of two scheduled auctions for oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), a 19-million-acre expanse in Alaska’s North Slope Borough, an equivalent to a county in Alaska’s jurisdictions, that has been a focal point of drilling controversy for over six decades.

The Biden Administration will open Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas leases this January. Alaskan Native Communities want a seat at the table

10/01/2025

In developing “North of North,” a new Inuk comedy co-produced by APTN, CBC and Netflix, the creators made one thing clear: it had to be “a h***y show.”

“So often Indigenous women don’t have any bodily autonomy in shows and aren’t allowed to enjoy s*x. They’re often victims of it,” said Nunavut-born co-creator Stacey Aglok MacDonald during an interview last month in Toronto.

Lambe, who is Inuk and was born in Nunavut, said she hopes Siaja breaks stereotypes of Indigenous women being “victims of our circumstances.”

10/01/2025

Major wildfires in Los Angeles continue for a third day, leaving thousands displaced and killing five individuals so far.

Many Native people on social media are sharing resources for those in the Los Angeles area regarding shelters, transportation, food, water, and more. Below is a collection of resources for Native, Alaska Natives, or Indigenous peoples in southern California.

Email ICT any resources to include

10/01/2025

OPINION: Mark Trahant, the former editor of ICT (and the Navajo Times) shares his memories of a lifetime of work and friendship with Charles “Monty” Roessel, former president of Diné College who died on the morning of January 6, 2025.

‘No matter the job, Monty was always the photographer.’

10/01/2025

Firefighters battled early Thursday to control a series of major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and sent thousands of people frantically fleeing their homes.

Ferocious winds that drove the flames and led to chaotic evacuations have calmed somewhat and were not expected to be as powerful during the day. That could allow firefighters to make progress reining in blazes that have hopscotched across the sprawling region, including massive ones in Pacific Palisades and Altadena.

UPDATED: Multiple wildfires are ravaging the Los Angeles area, displacing thousands of people who are fleeing devastating flames that have taken five lives

10/01/2025

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10/01/2025

Klamath Tribes of Oregon sent a Type 3 fire engine and crew to assist in the Los Angeles fires, according to the tribe’s page.

The Eaton Fire, north of Pasadena, is estimated to be 10,600 acres with zero percent containment with two civilian casualties, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

“Additional Klamath Tribes firefighters will depart tomorrow (Friday, Jan. 10) as part of a joint Forest Service-Klamath Tribes engine crew. This crew has not yet been assigned to a specific fire. Both crews are equipped and available for 14-day assignments,” the tribe wrote.

UPDATED: Multiple wildfires are ravaging the Los Angeles area, displacing thousands of people who are fleeing devastating flames that have taken five lives

10/01/2025

Here is a list of resources for Native folks in the Los Angeles area. If you have more for us to add, please email or comment below.

Email ICT any resources to include

10/01/2025

The calls for President Joe Biden to designate wilderness land outside of Santa Fe as a national monument increased this week from faith and tribal leaders and New Mexico’s congressional delegation.

The appeal to Biden in the waning days of his presidency could complicate Los Alamos National Laboratory’s controversial plans to build a line across the Caja del Rio Plateau to power a new supercomputer that would simulate nuclear weapons, among other purposes.

Most of the piñon-juniper forested area is federally managed, but it also includes some state-owned land. It has important cultural and religious significance to the Pueblos of Cochiti and San Ildefonso and Tesuque