May 21, 2024 ICT Newscast

Indian Country Today's daily newscast
On Tuesday’s ICT Newscast, we go all the way east for some Passamaquoddy medicine an Oklahoma delicacy--feeding tribal nations for generations. And check in with a High Plains nonprofit investing in native youth
Dwayne Tomah has been working to preserve, grow and celebrate his Passamaquoddy culture for years. He's getting an honorary doctorate this weekend and new resources to spread his culture with a year-long fellowship at Colbey College in Maine. Stewart Huntington has the interview.
She's believed to be the first Alaska Native woman to graduate from Columbia University with a degree in civil engineering. However ongoing protests on campus resulted in her missing her change to walk across the stage. ICT's Renata Birkenbuel reports that while Charitie Ropati maybe disappointed that she didn't walk, she still stands proudly in solidarity with her classmates.
A nonprofit in South Dakota is investing in its future focusing on the youth. The Cheyenne River Youth Project provides programming, events and services to community members. ICT previously spoke to its CEO Julie Garreau about the non-profit's recent purchase of land. Paris Wise has this follow-up interview.
No matter your background, Saturday or Sunday dinners can be a popular reason to gather with loved ones and relatives. That's the case in Oklahoma, especially for five tribal nations that have been creating meals, for generations, out of a celebrated main ingredient. Aliyah Chavez explores wild onions.
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Ms Chavez, always dresses nicely, but looking at that dress today, seeing the Indian pattern on it, and thinking about the interviews with Indian clothes makers lately, I realized that is probably a dress designed by one of our own. Even nicer!