''ICT News'' (formerly known as ''Indian Country Today'') is a daily digital news platform that covers the Indigenous world, including American Indians, Alaska Natives and First Nations.
It was founded in 1981 as a weekly print newspaper, ''The Lakota Times''; the publication's name changed in 1992 to ''Indian Country Today''. It was acquired in 1998 by Four Directions Media, an enterprise of the
Oneida Nation of New York
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. In January 2011, ''ICT'' became Indian Country Today Media Network (ICTMN), an online multimedia news platform. In June 2014, ICTMN had 1,009,761 unique monthly visitors, according to
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As o ...
; and ''Indian Country Today''s
Facebook
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page received more than 500,000
likes. In addition to the online news site, ICTMN published a weekly news magazine and special sections available online and in print. The name changed to ''ICT News'' in June 2022.
On
Labor Day
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2017, publication of new content was temporarily suspended to explore alternative
business model
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s.
In October 2017, the
Oneida Indian Nation of New York
The Oneida Indian Nation (OIN) or Oneida Nation is a federally recognized tribe of Oneida people in the United States. The tribe is headquartered in Verona, New York (state), New York, where the tribe originated and held its historic territory lo ...
donated ''ICT'' to the
National Congress of American Indians
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(NCAI). Vincent Schilling, ''ICT''s former arts and entertainment editor, maintained the site and published articles until ''Indian Country Today'' came back online under NCAI's ownership.
On February 28, 2018, ''Indian Country Today'' resumed regular publication, with Mark Trahant (
Shoshone-Bannock
The Fort Hall Reservation is a Native American reservation of the federally recognized Shoshone- Bannock Tribes (Shoshoni language: Pohoko’ikkateeCrum, B., Crum, E., & Dayley, J. P. (2001). Newe Hupia: Shoshoni Poetry Songs. University Press ...
) as editor. Gradually new staff was added, with a renewed focus on Native American writers and editors.
In March 2020, Katie Oyan (
Oglala Lakota
The Oglala (pronounced , meaning "to scatter one's own" in Lakota language) are one of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people who, along with the Dakota people, Dakota, make up the Sioux, Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (Seven Council Fires). A majority ...
) was announced as the publication's first managing editor.
She was on loan from the
Associated Press
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, and upon returning to the AP the first week of February 2021 she was succeeded by
Jourdan Bennett-Begaye (
Diné
The Navajo (; British English: Navaho; nv, Diné or ') are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States.
With more than 399,494 enrolled tribal members , the Navajo Nation is the largest federally recognized tribe in the United ...
), who had served as ''Indian Country Today''s Washington, DC, editor and, later, assistant managing editor.
In March 2021, the publication became independent from the NCAI. "This is an exciting time for Indian Country Today to become fiscally independent and to continue its tradition of an autonomous free press," NCAI President Fawn Sharp said in a press release regarding the change. "This is a new day for ICT, which has a long history as a premier source of news for and about Indigenous communities, written and produced by Indigenous journalists." The publication's current president and CEO is
Karen Michel
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* Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behaviors
People
* Karen people, an ethnic group in Myanmar and Thailand
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(
Ho-Chunk
The Ho-Chunk, also known as Hoocągra or Winnebago (referred to as ''Hotúŋe'' in the neighboring indigenous Iowa-Otoe language), are a Siouan-speaking Native American people whose historic territory includes parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iow ...
).
History
ICT carries original news reporting on issues of interest to
Native Americans and other readers interested in Indian Country.
* 1981–1998: ''Indian Country Today'' was founded in 1981 as ''The Lakota Times'' by journalist
Tim Giago
Timothy Antoine Giago Jr. (July 12, 1934 – July 24, 2022), also known as Nanwica Kciji, was an American Oglala Lakota journalist and publisher. In 1981, he founded the ''Lakota Times'' with Doris Giago at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, w ...
, Oglala Lakota; Giago changed the publication's name in 1992 to ''Indian Country Today'' (motto: "The Nations' Leading American Indian News Source"). ICT was based on the
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation ( lkt, Wazí Aháŋhaŋ Oyáŋke), also called Pine Ridge Agency, is an Oglala Lakota Indian reservation located entirely within the U.S. state of South Dakota. Originally included within the territory of the Gr ...
but operated independently of Tribal government.
* 1998–2017: In 1998, Giago sold ''Indian Country Today'' to Four Directions Media, Inc., an enterprise of the Oneida Nation of New York and the newspaper's headquarters moved to
Canastota, New York
Canastota is a village located inside the Town of Lenox in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 4,804 at the 2010 census.
The village of Canastota is in the southern part of the Town of Lenox. Canastota High School is loca ...
. In 2011, operations moved to New York City
and ''Indian Country Today'' became ''Indian Country Today Media Network'' (motto: "Serving the Nations , Celebrating the People"). In 2013, the printed newspaper ceased publication, replaced by digital-first online reporting and a weekly news magazine available online and in print. In October 2017, the Oneida Nation of New York donated ''ICT'' to the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), which calls itself "the oldest, largest and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native organization."
* 2018–2021: On February 28, 2018, after a hiatus during the transfer of ownership to NCAI, ''Indian Country Today'' announced its return (motto: "Digital. Indigenous. News"). "Indian Country Today is a daily digital news platform that covers the Indigenous world, including American Indians and Alaska Natives. Indian Country Today is the largest news site that covers Tribes and Native people throughout the Americas. Our primary focus is delivering news to a national audience via a mobile phone or the web."
On July 24, 2019, editor Mark Trahant and ''Indian Country Today'' headquarters moved to the campus of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Arizona State University in Phoenix. Trahant wrote on social media that he would be hiring a team to build a televised news program and improve ''ICT''s national report. Associate Editor Vincent Schilling remained in the D.C. bureau.
By the end of the year, ICT had a bureau at Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage, in addition to its newsroom in Phoenix and its bureau in Washington, DC. In February, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians awarded a grant of $1 million to ''Indian Country Today'' and became founding partner for a national news broadcast about American Indian and Alaska Native issues.
* March 26, 2021: Ownership of ''ICT'' was transferred from NCAI to an Arizona nonprofit, IndiJ Public Media. Karen Michel is president of the media company and serves as ''ICT''s publisher and chief executive officer.
On June 23, 2022, ''Indian Country Today'' was renamed to ''ICT News''.
Staff
''Indian Country Today'' is owned by IndiJ Public Media. Karen Lincoln Michel,
Ho-Chunk
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, is president of IndiJ Public Media and ''Indian Country Today''.
[
Board of directors: Karen Lincoln Michel (Ho-Chunk); former U.S. Assistant Interior Secretary Larry EchoHawk (]Pawnee Pawnee initially refers to a Native American people and its language:
* Pawnee people
* Pawnee language
Pawnee is also the name of several places in the United States:
* Pawnee, Illinois
* Pawnee, Kansas
* Pawnee, Missouri
* Pawnee City, Nebraska
* ...
); and Rhonda LeValdo (Acoma Pueblo
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).[
Newsroom: Mark Trahant (]Shoshone-Bannock
The Fort Hall Reservation is a Native American reservation of the federally recognized Shoshone- Bannock Tribes (Shoshoni language: Pohoko’ikkateeCrum, B., Crum, E., & Dayley, J. P. (2001). Newe Hupia: Shoshoni Poetry Songs. University Press ...
), editor; Jourdan Bennett-Begaye (Diné
The Navajo (; British English: Navaho; nv, Diné or ') are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States.
With more than 399,494 enrolled tribal members , the Navajo Nation is the largest federally recognized tribe in the United ...
), managing editor; Patty Talahongva (Hopi
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), executive producer; Tomas Karmelo Amaya (Yoeme
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/ A:shiwi/Rarámuri
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Originally, inhabitants of much of Chihuahua, the Rarámuri r ...
descent), creative director; Vincent Schilling ( Akwesasne Mohawk), associate editor; Kolby KickingWoman (Blackfeet
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/Gros Ventre
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), reporter-producer; Aliyah Chavez (Kewa Pueblo
Kewa Pueblo ( Eastern Keres , Keres: ''Díiwʾi'', Navajo: ''Tó Hájiiloh'') is a federally-recognized tribe of Native American Pueblo people in northern New Mexico, in Sandoval County southwest of Santa Fe. The pueblo is recorded as the Santo ...
), reporter-producer; Joaqlin Estus (Tlingit
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]
Notable stories
* In 2005, an ''Indian Country Today'' editorial, "Hurricane Katrina
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Uncovers a Tale of Two Americas," was quoted by South African President
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*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
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Thabo Mbeki
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in a letter to the ''ANC Today
''ANC Today'' is a weekly web-based newsletter published by the African National Congress
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'', published by the African National Congress
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.
* ''Indian Country Today'' extensively covered the ''Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
''Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl'', 570 U.S. 637 (2013), was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that held that several sections of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) do not apply to Native American biological fathers who are not ...
'' case, also known as the 2013 Supreme Court of the United States
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"Baby Veronica" case, in which an Oklahoma father, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation
The Cherokee Nation (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ ''Tsalagihi Ayeli'' or ᏣᎳᎩᏰᎵ ''Tsalagiyehli''), also known as the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is the largest of three Cherokee federally recognized tribes in the United States. It ...
, sought custody of his daughter Veronica, who was being adopted by a non-Native couple. The coverage included a guest editorial by the president of the Charleston, South Carolina, branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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.
* On June 5, 2014, President Barack Obama
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wrote a column for ''Indian Country Today'' titled "On My Upcoming Trip to Indian Country", describing how he and his wife Michelle planned to visit the Standing Rock Indian Reservation
The Standing Rock Reservation ( lkt, Íŋyaŋ Woslál Háŋ) lies across the border between North and South Dakota in the United States, and is inhabited by ethnic "Hunkpapa and Sihasapa bands of Lakota Oyate and the Ihunktuwona and Pabaksa ...
in North Dakota
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that month.
* In December 2014, ''Indian Country Today'' published a series of articles on the controversial 2015 National Defense Authorization Act
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"land swap" provision that would give land sacred to the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation
The San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation (Western Apache: Tsékʼáádn), in southeastern Arizona, United States, was established in 1872 as a reservation for the Chiricahua Apache tribe as well as surrounding Yavapai and Apache bands removed fro ...
in Arizona to Resolution Copper
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Mine CM a joint venture owned by Rio Tinto Rio Tinto, meaning "red river", may refer to:
Businesses
* Rio Tinto (corporation), an Anglo-Australian multinational mining and resources corporation
** Rio Tinto Alcan, based in Canada
** Rio Tinto Borax in America
*** Rio Tinto Borax Mine, a ...
and BHP
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The Broken Hill Proprietary Company was founded ...
. More than 104,000 people had signed a petition to President Obama, "We the People , Stop Apache Land Grab" to which the White House
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gave an official response.
* ''Indian Country Today'' has extensively covered the Native American mascot controversy
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and the use of Native American images in names and sports. The publication has featured numerous stories and editorials on the Washington Redskins name controversy
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and Washington NFL team owner Dan Snyder.
* Since before 2016, ''ICT'' reported on issues related to the Dakota Access Pipeline
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project, which proposed to put an oil pipeline extending through four states below the Missouri River. The Standing Rock Sioux objected to the Army Corps of Engineers' acceptance of less than a full Environmental Impact Statement, saying the project threatened their water quality and would destroy ancient artifacts and burial grounds. Standing Rock Sioux sought an injunction to halt construction of the pipeline. The case attracted national and international attention and coverage. After a federal court refused the injunction, the Department of Justice
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, Department of Interior and Army Corps of Engineers entered the case at the national level, halting construction temporarily. Standing Rock Sioux protesters at the site were joined by activists from hundreds of other Tribes and supporters, including indigenous peoples from South America. ''ICT'' published its first "single-subject, event-driven edition in tshistory" in October 2016, based on the reporting done and exploring the many complex issues related to the project and protests.
* On November 5, 2018, ''Indian Country Today'' teamed with First Nations Experience
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and Native Voice One in broadcasting and streaming the first national news report focused on Native American candidates from coast to coast. A team of 18 correspondents reported from sites across the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii. The election desk was anchored by Mark Trahant, editor of ''Indian Country Today.''
* Indian Country Today began broadcasting in March 2020 a 30-minute news program. It is now carried by PBS
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stations, presented by Arizona PBS
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, and produced in Studio A of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
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at Arizona State University
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. The ICT Newscast is anchored by Aliyah Chavez, Kewa Pueblo.
In January 2022, Jourdan Bennett-Begaye was named as editor. Trahant moved to an editor-at-large position and is writing about Indigenous economics.
Awards
''Indian Country Today'' has won numerous awards at the Native American Journalists Association
The Native American Journalists Association, based in Norman, Oklahoma, on the campus of the University of Oklahoma, is an organization dedicated to supporting Native Americans in journalism. The organization hosts the annual National Native Media ...
. In 2014, ''ICT'' earned 17 awards, including Best Digital Publication for its 12-page digital newsletter and first place for General Excellence. In 2013, ICTMN won 11 awards at the conference.
Notable writers, editors, contributors
Some current and former ''Indian Country Today'' staff writers and contributors include:
* Suzette Brewer (Cherokee Nation
The Cherokee Nation (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ ''Tsalagihi Ayeli'' or ᏣᎳᎩᏰᎵ ''Tsalagiyehli''), also known as the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is the largest of three Cherokee federally recognized tribes in the United States. It ...
), former public affairs officer for the National Museum of the American Indian
The National Museum of the American Indian is a museum in the United States devoted to the culture of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. It is part of the Smithsonian Institution group of museums and research centers.
The museum has three ...
. She received recognition for her in-depth coverage of the "Baby Veronica" case and other stories related to the Indian Child Welfare Act
The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) ((), codified at Indian Child Welfare Act, (, )) is a United States federal law that governs jurisdiction over the removal of American Indian children from their families in custody, foster care and ...
(ICWA)
* Rob Capriccioso (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (pronounced "Soo Saint Marie", oj, Baawiting Anishinaabeg), commonly shortened to Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians or the more colloquial Soo Tribe, is a federally recognized tribes, federally recogniz ...
) served as ''ICT''s Washington, DC, bureau chief.
* Terri Crawford Hansen Terri Crawford Hansen (born 1953) is a journalist who focuses primarily on environmental and scientific issues affecting North American tribal and worldwide indigenous communities. Hansen, an enrolled Native American citizen of the Winnebago Tribe ...
(Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
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) is a science and environment journalist who has reported on the effects of climate breakdown and adaptation planning in Indian country for ''Indian Country Today'' since 2007
* Steven Newcomb (Shawnee
The Shawnee are an Algonquian-speaking indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands. In the 17th century they lived in Pennsylvania, and in the 18th century they were in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, with some bands in Kentucky a ...
/Lenape
The Lenape (, , or Lenape , del, Lënapeyok) also called the Leni Lenape, Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada. Their historical territory includ ...
descent) co-founder and co-director of the Indigenous Law Institute in California
* Steve Russell (Cherokee Nation
The Cherokee Nation (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ ''Tsalagihi Ayeli'' or ᏣᎳᎩᏰᎵ ''Tsalagiyehli''), also known as the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is the largest of three Cherokee federally recognized tribes in the United States. It ...
), associate professor emeritus of criminal justice at Indiana University Bloomington
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* Simon Moya-Smith, Oglala Lakota
The Oglala (pronounced , meaning "to scatter one's own" in Lakota language) are one of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people who, along with the Dakota people, Dakota, make up the Sioux, Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (Seven Council Fires). A majority ...
former ''ICT'' culture editor. On October 15, 2018, CNN
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published Moya-Smith's opinion piece in response to Senator Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Ann Warren ( née Herring; born June 22, 1949) is an American politician and former law professor who is the senior United States senator from Massachusetts, serving since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party and regarded as a ...
's press release asserting that less than 1 percent of Native American DNA verified her claims of such ancestry. Moya-Smith noted that he personally agreed with Warren's political stance more often than not, but also criticized her for what he characterized as her silence on social problems plaguing Native communities and the timing of her DNA announcement: "For years, when I was the culture editor at Indian Country Today Media Network, we requested interviews with Warren, but not once did she accept our numerous invitations for comment or explanation regarding her alleged ancestry. She simply ignored us."
* Larry Spotted Crow Mann (Nipmuc
The Nipmuc or Nipmuck people are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who historically spoke an Eastern Algonquian language. Their historic territory Nippenet, "the freshwater pond place," is in central Massachusetts and nearby part ...
)
* Mark Trahant
Mark Trahant is the editor-at-large of Indian Country Today, an Indigenous-focused news operation.
Career
Trahant is a former Charles R. Johnson Professor of Journalism at the University of North Dakota. He is a citizen of Idaho’s Shoshone-B ...
(Shoshone-Bannock
The Fort Hall Reservation is a Native American reservation of the federally recognized Shoshone- Bannock Tribes (Shoshoni language: Pohoko’ikkateeCrum, B., Crum, E., & Dayley, J. P. (2001). Newe Hupia: Shoshoni Poetry Songs. University Press ...
) is a former Atwood Chair of Journalism at the University of Alaska Anchorage and the Charles Johnson Professor at the University of North Dakota, former president of the Native American Journalists Association, and former executive news editor of ''The Salt Lake Tribune
''The Salt Lake Tribune'' is a newspaper published in the city of Salt Lake City, Utah. The ''Tribune'' is owned by The Salt Lake Tribune, Inc., a non-profit corporation. The newspaper's motto is "Utah's Independent Voice Since 1871."
History
...
''. He writes a regular column on national and regional politics, noting issues that affect Indian Country. He is the author of ''The Last Great Battle'' and ''Portraits of Our Nobler Selves''.
* Marty Two Bulls Sr.
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* Marty (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters, also includes stage names
* Marty (surname), a list of people
Places in the United States
* Marty, California, a former settlement
* Marty, ...
(Oglala Lakota
The Oglala (pronounced , meaning "to scatter one's own" in Lakota language) are one of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people who, along with the Dakota people, Dakota, make up the Sioux, Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (Seven Council Fires). A majority ...
), cartoonist and satirist. In 2013, he was profiled by the Associated Press
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. In 2017, he was a finalist for the Herblock Prize, winning $5,000 for his submissions. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2021.
References
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