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2 weeks ago | 
ictnews.org | Buffalo’s Fire |Jourdan Bennett-Begaye |Kalle Benallie |Miles Morrisseau
Dentalia, dainty elephant tusk-like shells, have been highly prized by Indigenous peoples in North America for centuries. Serving as currency, status symbols and sacred objects, they became a valued trade item from the Pacific Northwest coast that included Great Plains tribes. The smooth, white shells retain a deep cultural and spiritual significance today.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
ictnews.org | Miles Morrisseau
This investigation by ICT was done in partnership with the Yellowhead Institute at Toronto Metropolitan University. Miles MorrisseauICTNatalya Kate Chaylene Keeshig-Lisk was born in the spring of 2000, at the start of an Indigenous baby boom that swept through Canada at the beginning of the millennium. She quickly became the gleam in her gramma’s eye. “She was very physically beautiful.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
ictnews.org | Miles Morrisseau
Miles MorrisseauICTWINNIPEG, Manitoba — It was unlike any viewing of the nearly 50 year screening of “Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope.” The first released episode of the iconic series debuted Thursday in Canada, dubbed in Anishinaabemowin, the language of the Ojibwe.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
ictnews.org | Miles Morrisseau
Miles MorrisseauICTMelissa Robinson was with family members in Montreal when they heard the news that her cousin’s killer had been convicted of first-degree murder. Jeremy Skibicki, a serial killer who confessed to targeting vulnerable Indigenous women in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was convicted Thursday, July 11, of killing four women, including Robinson’s cousin, Morgan Harris. “We got the convictions we wanted,” Robinson said.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
ictnews.org | Miles Morrisseau
Miles MorrisseauICTThe all-Ojibwe version of “Star Wars”A New Hope” (Anangong Miigaading) is set to blast off Aug. 8 with a premiere in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council, APTN and the University of Manitoba are part of an alliance with Disney/Lucasfilm that created the dubbed Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe language) version of the iconic 1977 film. SUPPORT INDIGENOUS JOURNALISM.CONTRIBUTE TODAY.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
ictnews.org | Miles Morrisseau
Miles MorrisseauICTIn one of the wildest weeks in National Hockey League history, Mohawk player Brandon Montour has signed a $50-million deal with the Seattle Kraken just days after winning the Stanley Cup in a dramatic game seven as a Florida Panther. The seven-year contract makes Montour the highest-paid Indigenous player in NHL history, more than doubling his salary with the Panthers, the team that earned its first championship in franchise history with his help.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
ictnews.org | Miles Morrisseau
Miles MorrisseauICTThe Stanley Cup is headed back to First Nations lands for the second year in a row after Brandon Montour and the Florida Panthers edged past the Edmonton Oilers on Monday, June 24, in game seven of the National Hockey League finals. The Panthers’ 2-1 win over the Oilers marks the first championship for the franchise in the team’s 30-year history and means Montour, Mohawk, will be able to take the trophy home to his Six Nations of the Grand River.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
ictnews.org | Miles Morrisseau
Miles MorrisseauICT“Little Bird” led the way on a big night for Indigenous film and television creatives at the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards on Friday, May 31. There were over 20 Indigenous led projects taking home awards in a wide variety of genres and creative roles from lead performances to costume design from news to comedy. It was a historic night. “Little Bird,” the story based on the Sixties Scoop, a long-hidden part of Canada’s history took home the most television honors.
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May 31, 2024 | 
ictnews.org | Miles Morrisseau
Miles MorrisseauICTIndigenous creatives in film, TV and digital media are being celebrated this year in the Canadian Screen Awards, where record numbers of Indigenous artists across the board have been nominated for recognition.
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May 10, 2024 | 
ictnews.org | Miles Morrisseau
Miles MorrisseauICTThe first round of the NHL playoffs began with a handful of Indigenous players with a shot at winning the National Hockey League’s most coveted prize, the Stanley Cup. At the end of the first round of the playoffs only one player remained, Brandon Montour, Six Nations of the Grand River, star defenseman for the Florida Panthers.
