Three years ago, the Supreme Court upheld the Crow Tribe’s off-reservation hunting rights. But treaty hunters in Wyoming still risk prosecution, even as non-Natives poach wildlife on tribal land with impunity.
The 44-year-old law is held up as the "gold standard" of adoption law, but in recent years, critics like the conservative Goldwater Institute have accused the law of discriminating against non-Native couples who want to adopt Indian children.
On Tuesday s ICT Newscast, the Indian Child Welfare Act has the potential to be overturned by the Supreme Court and a new climate report says global warming is about to get much worse. Plus, we visit with Cherokee actress Sheri Foster Blake
Households across America are receiving free COVID tests sent by mail after the federal government rolled out the option last month. But in states such as South Dakota, those living in tribal communities and remote areas have to go through extra hoops to get them. Through a designated website, households can order up to four free tests, sent to them by the U.S. .
Tomorrow, the Clark County Commission considers a resolution to support creation of a new national monument at Spirit Mountain, outside of Searchlight, to be called Avi Kwa Ame. An Indigenous-led coalition has been working to establish the 450,000-acre monument since the 1990s. A Swedish wind-power company has made an application to build in the area, which has heightened the pressure to more forward on the monument. .