On the Tuesday edition of the ICT Newscast a Canadian journalist describes Orange Shirt Day and a nation’s journey toward healing. A profile of a Native nation that is keeping its language and culture alive for the next generation. Meet two women confronting the pain of a mislabeled Carlisle boarding school grave
Citizens of the Shoshone-Bannock nation came together recently to plant seeds. This is part of an effort for future generations to carry on traditional harvesting, while understanding the ties Native languages have to the land. Roselynn Yazzie has the story.
High hopes were dashed last month for the family of Edward Spott, a Puyallup boy who died at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in 1896. When the Army opened the gravesite, the remains that were found were not Spott’s and no one can say where else in the graveyard they might be. ICT’s Stewart Huntington reports.
ICT’s Correspondent Miles Morriseau took part in Saturday’s Orange Shirt Day in Canada. It is a federal holiday there, officially known as National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. ICT’s Editor-at-Large Mark Trahant talked with Morriseau.
A slice of our Indigenous world
- Elected officials and tribal leaders are calling on President Joe Biden to designate Chuckwalla as a national monument to protect lands adjacent to Joshua Tree National Park. Representative Raul Ruiz, a Democrat from California, introduced the legislation to protect over 660,000 acres of land, making it the largest protected area of the Colorado Desert bioregion.
- In the Pacific Northwest, women who are incarcerated are fresh off an experience to reconnect with their culture. The Washington Corrections Center for Women recently hosted its sisterhood powwow to remind them that they are not forgotten. Nearly 100 friends, family and staff members gathered to share culture and fellowship.
