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4 days ago · A New Mexico school district says it’s improved school discipline. The data is unclear. Two years after New Mexico In Depth and ProPublica first reported that Indigenous children in New Mexico face disproportionately high rates of harsh school punishment, triggering a state Department of Justice civil rights inquiry, the school district most responsible for that statewide disparity says it ...

4 days ago · Immediate impact: Reduced services, staff layoffs, tuition spikes, and campus program closures Financial consequences: Dependence on federal grants means institutional operations would be at serious risk.Tuition would increase drastically to offset loss of federal funding. Impact on students: Loss of educational opportunities for TCU students, increased dropout rates, financial insecurity, and ...

Feb 3, 2025 · Alex Jacobs Special to ICT. The last edition of Indian Time was issued Dec. 19, 2024, as Vol. 41, No. 50, with headlines from the last 41 years, current statements from the three Mohawk Councils on land claims and a story about the Akwesasne Freedom School celebrating 45 years of full culture and language immersion and the final funding push for its new campus.

Trump's initial executive orders, cabinet nominees affecting tribes. On the January 31 edition of the ICT Newscast: Native nations and people across the country react to President Donald J. Trump’s executive actions

3 days ago · Chairman Derrick Beetso, Navajo Nation Karen Michel, Ho-Chunk Rhonda Le Valdo, Acoma Pueblo Jeanne Givens, Coeur d’Alene Jessica Skye Paul, Nez Perce and Lakota Holly Cook Macarro, Red Lake Band of Ojibwe Natasha Moore, Atka Aleut . Founder. ICT was founded as the Lakota Times newspaper by Tim Giago, Oglala Lakota, on July 9, 1981.

Jan 28, 2025 · This story has been updated with the latest developments. Dianna Hunt, Kevin Abourezk, Jourdan Bennett-Begaye and Stewart Huntington ICT Tribal leaders scrambled Tuesday to respond to the abrupt decision by the Trump administration to freeze federal grants and loans, a move that could impact more than $1 billion in federal funding in tribal communities for health care, education, climate ...

Jan 8, 2025 · The ICT Newscast wraps up 2024 with a special year-end review. From the biggest news stories and sports milestones to climate action, and the change-makers who defined the year, we recap the moments that shaped Native communities — and beyond.

Dec 31, 2024 · Read ICT's entire NAGPRA series: — NAGPRA Part 1: A sea change in federal regulations — NAGPRA Part 2: ‘A state of Gozhoo’ — NAGPRA Part 3: A model for future Indigenous exhibits View the broadcast stories on the ICT Newscast: — Day 1 broadcast story — Day 2 broadcast story — Day 3 broadcast story Nex Benedict and Cole Brings Plenty deaths ...

Apr 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 …