Census Bureau Study: Casinos Boost Native Standard of Living, Industry Says

A Census Bureau working paper, not yet peer-reviewed, is drawing praise from the Indian Gaming industry, whose leaders say the findings confirm what they’ve long argued: tribal casinos are lifting Native communities economically. Indian Gaming Association Chair Victor Rocha and Potawatomi Casino Chief Marketing Officer Alexx Zawada say gaming revenue is bringing “Native Americans closer to the American dream.”

America at 250: Native Communities Confront a Legacy Written Into the Nation’s Founding

As the United States continues its 250th anniversary celebrations, an ICT report digs into the long, complicated relationship between the federal government and Native American tribes that is still shadowed by language embedded in the country’s founding document. The Declaration of Independence’s reference to “merciless Indian savages” has, for generations, signaled how Native peoples were cast as outsiders rather than citizens in the American story. ICT traces how that legacy continues to shape Native identity today and how Indigenous people see their place in the nation’s future.

From the Rez to the Screen: Lil Mike and Funny Bone on Comedy, Music and ‘Reservation Dogs’

Pawnee brothers Lil Mike and Funny Bone sat down with ICT to talk comedy, acting and music and how far their careers have carried them, including recurring roles on FX’s breakout series “Reservation Dogs.”

Native Author Fuses Hip-Hop with Tradition

Author That Native Thomas is out with Native Love: An X-Indian Chronicle, a book paired with an original hip-hop-infused soundtrack designed to mirror the story’s emotional beats. The book braids traditional legend with modern life, taking on relationships, substance use and the tangled question of identity – all material pulled straight from Thomas’ own life.

Unseen Curtis Photographs of Indigenous America Come to Light

Decades after photographer and ethnographer Edward S. Curtis built one of history’s largest archives of Indigenous portraiture, his family and the Curtis Legacy Foundation are releasing never-before-published images from his estate.

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