Indian Country Today

08/15/2025

In the latest Indigenous A&E column, a new exhibition in Santa Fe explores satire and humor in contemporary Native art and storytelling.

A biweekly column from ICT with the latest news from the arts and entertainment world

08/15/2025

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08/14/2025

The Weekly is here! Your roundup of stories that matter, brought to you by ICT and our nonprofit parent, IndiJ Public Media. Here are this week’s top headlines:

-Tocabe: A Native American Eatery, Denver’s only Native-owned restaurant, celebrated its airport debut earlier this year with dancers and a ribbon-cutting.
-Wisconsin holds six weeks of hearings on Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute, raising tribal and environmental concerns.
-Federal judges and lawyers report a rise in death threats, including “pizza doxing,” amid political attacks on the judiciary.
-The Frybread Shack in Wisconsin recovers after historic floods disrupted the family-run food truck.
-The International Museum of Dance will honor Navajo and Taino ballet legend Jock Soto.
-Global Indigenous: Māori language controversy in New Zealand, Aboriginal-led family programs in Western Australia, Yukon First Nations clash over mining.
-Tribes and the Native American Rights Fund fight to protect the new 600,000-acre Chuckwalla National Monument in Southern California.

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08/14/2025

The Frybread Shack’s ‘Taco Crunch’ will live another day after food truck gets caught in Wisconsin flash flooding.

Flash floods in Wisconsin inundate tribal casino parking and a well-known food truck business

08/14/2025

Native restaurant Tocabe opens up in Denver airport.

The popular restaurant Tocabe is the only Native American-owned restaurant in Metro Denver specializing in Native cuisine

08/14/2025

Today on National Navajo Code Talkers Day, we honor the Navajo people whose language became an unbreakable code in WWII. We also remember the many other Native American and Alaska Native Code Talkers — from tribes across the country — whose voices safeguarded lives and shaped history. Think you can crack the Navajo Code Talkers code?
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08/13/2025

In the latest Global Indigenous column, New Zealand education officials have removed Māori words from a school reading book, saying students can’t pronounce them, despite education experts’ rebuttals.

Coverage around the world on Indigenous issues for the week ending August 10, 2025

08/13/2025

Federal judges are breaking their silence on threats and intimidation that have soared since the election of President Donald Trump as he has sought to undermine the judicial system.

Judges and lawyers spoke about their experiences during a July 31 Zoom event, Speak Up for Justice

08/13/2025

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08/12/2025

The Red River Jig, once performed to bring fur traders, packed the house with a sold-out performance at Winnipeg’s 2025 Folklorama Festival.
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08/12/2025

Now’s your chance to speak up about Enbridge Line 5 in Wisconsin.

Six weeks of hearings in Wisconsin will include public comments and let Bad River, Enbridge and environmentalists argue their cases

08/12/2025

A legendary Diné and Taino ballet dancer, Jock Soto, will be honored August 23 by the International Museum of Dance.

Navajo and Taino dancer went from rez hoop dancing to the stage of the New York City Ballet