And “Native America” (9 p.m. Oct. 24), a portrait of contemporary Indian Country, returns for its second season.

Source: https://triblive.com/aande/movies-tv/tv-talk-pbs-dramas-return-including-annika-wwii-set-world-on-fire/

His work appears in Last Real Indians, The Stranger, and Indian Country Today.

Source: https://crosscut.com/equity/2023/06/league-their-own-how-7-women-aided-seattles-native-community

MUSKOGEE, OK – Nathan Dale Smith, 33, of Pontotoc County, was sentenced to 87 months in prison for Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country and 24 months for Abusive Sexual Contact in Indian Country, with both sentences to run concurrently.

Source: https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/10/01/pontotoc-county-resident-sentenced-for-abusive-sexual-contact-and-sexual-abuse-of-a-minor-in-indian-country/

MUSKOGEE, OK – Nathan Dale Smith, 33, of Pontotoc County, was sentenced to 87 months in prison for Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country and 24 months for Abusive Sexual Contact in Indian Country, with both sentences to run concurrently.

Source: https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/10/01/pontotoc-county-resident-sentenced-for-abusive-sexual-contact-and-sexual-abuse-of-a-minor-in-indian-country/

Only the federal government or tribes have jurisdiction to prosecute cases that occur in Indian Country that involve Native American defendants.

Source: https://newstalkkzrg.com/2023/03/04/tulsan-who-sexually-abused-young-child-sentenced-to-life-in-federal-prison/

White Earth leaders are joining a growing effort by tribal nations to protect waters in Indian Country — asserting their sovereignty to target pollution that’s threatening wild rice in Minnesota, shellfish in Washington and salmon in California.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/10/20/native-lands-lack-clean-water-protections-but-more-tribes-are-taking-charge/