Dalton Walker

Arizona leaders talk Native Vote, take aim at candidates

GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY — Tribal leaders in Arizona, which has become a volatile political battleground in recent years, gathered this week to discuss the importance of the midterm election and to rally the Native vote. Some took it beyond…

New plan could lead to action on Colorado River

Felicia Fonseca and Kathleen Ronayne Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Interior Department announced Friday that it will consider revising a set of guidelines for operating two major dams on the Colorado River in the first sign of what could…

Finding talent at the Native American Basketball Invitational

Dalton Walker ICT PHOENIX — In a way, college basketball coach Rob McClain attended one of the premier Native prep basketball tournaments around in search of himself. McClain, a 6-foot-5 former division 1 guard from the Muscogee Nation, credits the…

Indigenous prep football talent ‘show out’

PHOENIX — Priscilla Notah wanted to show off her speed. She also wanted to represent for other girls during a recent football combine and, of course, “show out.” Notah, 13, was among dozens of Indigenous athletes at what was described as the first…

Nation Congress of American Indians announces renewed vision

GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY — Leadership for the largest and oldest Native organization advocating on behalf tribal governments gathered here in-person for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Congress of American…

Howah: Basketball madness at its best

Ask any Native uncle or Native auntie and they’ll tell you about a legendary rez ball game where so-and-so did the unbelievable. I’m that Native uncle and I’m going to tell you about the unbelievable. It happened 25 years ago this week, and I was…

Redistricting plan targets Sharice Davids

TOPEKA, Kan. — Republican legislators in Kansas on Wednesday overrode the Democratic governor's veto of a redistricting plan that politically hurts the state's only Democrat in Congress, likely plunging Kansas into a national legal brawl amid the…

The Wrap: A big-picture thinker

Greetings, relatives. A lot of news out there. Thanks for stopping by Indian Country Today’s digital platform. Each day we do our best to gather the latest news for you. Remember to scroll to the bottom to see what’s popping out to us on social media…

Chef Crystal Wahpepah has arrived

OHLONE LANDS, California — Indigenous chef Crystal Wahpepah places sliced venison tenderloin into the large pot on her stove and stirs. Already simmering in the pot is hominy corn, Hubbard squash and other ingredients. She stirs some more. The…

Native tracking unit could be expanding

Clara Migoya Arizona Republic PHOENIX — The Shadow Wolves unit, Homeland Security’s only Native specialized tracking team, is ready for a change after nearly 50 years of patrolling the Arizona desert. Bills that seek to strengthen and expand the…

Brazil and Japan report first cases of the omicron variant

Raf Casert and Carla K. Johnson Associated Press Brazil and Japan joined the rapidly widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant Tuesday, while new findings indicate the mutant coronavirus was already in Europe close to a week…

Authorities: Student kills 3 at Michigan school

OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at his Michigan high school on Tuesday, killing three students and wounding eight other people, including at least one teacher, authorities said. Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe…

400 years later, ‘we did not vanish’

YELAMU, OHLONE LANDS, California — Thursday was a day of solidarity. Indigenous people and allies spent their morning on Alcatraz Island off the mainland. This gathering has been the norm for decades on a day the federal government deems a holiday…

Joe Biden praises Canada, Mexico as leaders discuss strains

Aamer Madhant, Rob Gillies and Maria Verza Associated Press WASHINGTON — Reviving three-way North American summitry after a five-year break, President Joe Biden on Thursday joined with the leaders of Canada and Mexico to declare their nations can…

New Mexico education plan gets feedback on race, economics

Cedar Attanasio Associated Press/Report for America SANTA FE, N.M. — Critics of New Mexico's proposed overhaul of the social studies curriculum decried the standards as racist and Marxist Friday in an online hearing and on the street outside the…

Lee Cook or Waase Waagos was ‘larger than life’

Leon “Lee” Cook, a lifelong advocate for the betterment of Native people, champion for Indian education and former National Congress of American Indians president, died Oct. 13. He was 82. Cook, a citizen of the Red Lake Nation in northern Minnesota,…

Sports jersey honors O’odham people

Miles Aronson Cronkite News PHOENIX – Depicting history, culture and community all within one jersey couldn’t be more unique. Making all proceeds from the sale of that jersey go towards supporting Native families and children who have been displaced…

Inside of Alaska Native Medical Center’s ICU

On Monday morning at a wing of Alaska Native Medical Center’s ICU, workers in masks and scrubs darted in and out of hospital rooms. But it was relatively quiet except for the pings of medical machines and the ringing of telephones at the main…

Birthing center could reopen at Phoenix Indian Medical Center

The new leader of the largest hospital under the Indian Health Service wants to bring back its birthing center after services were shuttered roughly a year ago. James Driving Hawk, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, was named Phoenix Indian Medical Center’s new…

The daily difference

Boozhoo friends, I love what I do. Let me explain. I help guide our news coverage as Indian Country Today’s deputy managing editor. I work with talented people and we cover important issues that we’re passionate about. That’s only a part of the ICT…