Tribal input for agriculture

Officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture say they have worked over the last three years to listen to tribal concerns and act on them. Now Native ag producers are noticing. One told ICT : "I used to think Obama was good for Natives and then came Biden,” ICT ’s Stewart Huntington has more.

President Joe Biden recently used the Antiquities Act to expand the nearby Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument in cooperation with the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation in northern California. Stewart Huntington spoke with the tribe's chairman Anthony Roberts to learn more about the new protections for the land his nation holds sacred.

A new novel from the University of Minnesota Press features themes of self-determination and reclamation, with a twist. This is Conor Kerr's second novel. Shirley Sneve has this interview. In Phoenix, a Navajo man is bottling up the heat. Michael John is the founder of Navajo Mike's Southwestern Style Bar-b-que Sauce. It's featured in Tocabe Indigenous Marketplace.

A slice of our Indigenous world

• A coalition of Apache nations and non-Native allies are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to save its sacred land Oak Flat. Last week a 29-judge appeals court ruled it wouldn't protect Oak Flat, which paves the way for an appeal to the nation's highest court.

• In Chicago, a Native American woman is suing the city's NHL hockey team for sexual assault. Crow citizen Nina Sanders filed a lawsuit alleging breach of oral contract, fraud, sexual harassment and the violation of the gender violence act, among other allegations.

• In Hawai'i, the U.S. government is finally taking responsibility for jet fuel that leaked into a drinking water system in 2021. According to a navy investigation report, nearly 20,000 gallons leaked from a military fuel tank into pearl harbor's drinking water, which served over 93,000 people.

• An Oregon Ravens football player has returned home to honor missing and murdered Indigenous relatives. Kola Shippentower, who plays in the women's national football conference, was in Oregon, in a match against the Seattle Majestics.

Today's newscast was created with work from:

Shirley Sneve, Ponca/Sicangu Lakota, is the senior producer for the ICT Newscast. Follow her on Twitter @rosebudshirley . She is based in Nebraska.

Aliyah Chavez, Kewa Pueblo, is the anchor of the ICT Newscast. On Twitter: @aliyahjchavez .

Paris Wise, Zia and Laguna Pueblo, is a producer for the ICT Newscast. Email: paris@ictnews.org .

Stewart Huntington is a producer for the ICT Newscast.

Quindrea Yazzie, Diné, is a video production editor for the ICT Newscast. Email: qyazzie@ictnews.org . Yazzie is based in Phoenix.

Daniel Herrera Carbajal is a video editor for the ICT Newscast. On Twitter: @daniulherrrera

Pauly Denetclaw, Diné, is a political correspondent for ICT. Email: pauly@ictnews.org

Pacey Smith-Garcia, Ute, is a production assistant for the ICT Newscast. On Twitter: @paceyjournalist .

Ebonye Delaney is the Executive Producer for the ICT Newscast. Email: ebonye@ictnews.org

Mark Trahant, Shoshone-Bannock, is ICT editor-at-large Email: marktrahant@ictnews.org