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WEBUPDATED: A (mostly) non-Indian Burial Ground edition. By Miles Morrisseau Sep 20, 2024. News. ICT REPORTS: Opioid crisis devastates Indigenous communities in Canada. An ICT investigation found that Canada’s health care system helped fund a sharp rise in opiate use among younger generations. By Miles Morrisseau Oct 3, 2024.
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WEBDisparities revealed in Rapid City civil rights report. On Monday’s ICT Newscast, a civil rights report in South Dakota reveals disparities for Native students. Part two of an interview with the CEO of Gila River Resorts and Casinos. And Joy Harjo reflects on challenges facing youth today with wisdom of the elders.
Felony disenfranchisement of Indigenous voters - ICT News
WEB1 day ago · It also gets impacted by felony disenfranchisement, meaning laws that keep people who have been convicted of felonies from voting. These laws also keep people who are currently incarcerated, formerly incarcerated, or on probation and parole from voting. As of July 2024, only two states and the nation’s capital — Maine, Vermont and District ...
The challenges to forest recovery and replanting after wildfires
WEB4 days ago · Tammy Webber, Brittany Peterson and Camille Fassett Associated Press. The U.S. is struggling to replant forests destroyed by increasingly intense wildfires, with many areas unlikely to recover on their own.. Researchers are studying which species are likely to survive — and where — as climate change makes …
The Wrap: Felony disenfranchisement - ICT News
WEB17 hours ago · The Wrap: Felony disenfranchisement. A person places mail-in ballots at a mail-in ballot drop box at the Clark County Election Department, Oct. 29, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) Greetings, relatives. A lot of news out there. Thanks for stopping by ICT’s digital platform. Each day we do our best to …
Seven Indigenous leaders selected for Obama Foundation program
WEB2 days ago · The six-month leadership development program is for emerging leaders between the ages of 24 and 45. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ICT Staff. The Obama Foundation has selected seven Native leaders from across Indian Country for a special program that focuses on leadership development and civic engagement. The seven were among 205 people from 70 ...
About ICT - ICT News
WEBICT is an independent, nonprofit, multimedia news enterprise. We reach audiences through our digital platform and as a broadcast carried via public television stations. ICT covers Indigenous peoples. ICT is owned by IndiJ Public Media, a 501 (c) (3) public charity under federal law that sustains itself with funding from members, donors ...
First Nation journalist makes the list - ICT News
WEBApr 23, 2024 · The Pulitzer and Peabody award-winning podcast host, Connie Walker, was recently named one of Time 100: Most Influential People of 2024. She discusses her journey on her podcast "Stolen" with ICT's Paris Wise.. The U.S. Forest Service is partnering with an Indigenous tourism organization to advance cultural tourism with Native nations across the country.
Native nonprofits lead the way - ICT News
WEBApr 2, 2024 · News about climate change can sometimes seem bleak, but don't say that to Talia Davis. The mentor at the Native Youth Climate Adaptation and Leadership Conference tells ICT's Stewart Huntington she feels optimistic.. There are nine organizations in Minnesota that heard good news last month from MacKenzie Scott's Yield Giving project, as well as 361 organizations nationwide.
Supreme Court affirms ICWA - ICT News
WEBJun 15, 2023 · The U.S. Supreme Court granted petitions to review the Fifth Circuit’s decision and heard the case last November. Congressional members, 87 in total, filed a bipartisan, bicameral amicus brief defending ICWA’s constitutionality in Haaland v. Brackeen. Oral arguments on the landmark case took place in November.