- Today kicks off the first day of the White House Tribal Nations Summit.
- Well, Tribes are getting more than 73-million dollars in grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development... to help them meet the needs exposed by the pandemic.
- Honoring Native warriors who served … the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs paid his respects during last Thursday’s veterans day, at an event at the National Museum of the American Indian.
- Well, go dust off your moccasins!  

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A slice of our Indigenous world (Nov. 15, 2021)

ICT newscast headlines for today:

- Legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives is aiming to extend a year end deadline for spending CARES funding by Alaska Native corporations and tribes. 
- In eastern Washington state, work is being stopped after ancestral remains were discovered at a construction site.
- In Minnesota, the White Earth Nation could be the center of a big renewable energy project.
- A new report by the Ms. Foundation for Women is calling out the lack of philanthropic investment in Indigenous women and girls.
- A school in Utah is naming a Native student to homecoming royalty for the first time in its history.

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A slice of our Indigenous world (Dec. 13, 2021)

ICT newscast headlines for today:

The Biden administration is restoring protections to Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. It was a long-awaited victory for Alaska Natives who petitioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reinstate forest protections.

A new bill would codify protections for Native children into state law. The Montana Indian Child Welfare Act is modeled after federal legislation with the same name. This week the state’s House and Human Services committee heard testimony in support of the bill.

In Australia an unusual type of teacher is helping to revitalize Indigenous language while sharing his wisdom around identity and acceptance. ICT's Vincent Moniz has the story.

This year the NFL’s big game in Arizona will feature an Indigenous trade language. The National Association of the Deaf announced that this year’s Super Bowl will feature an Indigenous Deaf performer. Navajo Nation citizen Colin Denny, will perform America the Beautiful with words from Indigenous Sign Language.

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