Newscast with a reporters' roundtable

Indian Country Today

Indian Country Today will post its weekday newscast at 4 p.m. Eastern time on our platform.

Each Friday is a reporters' roundtable to discuss the coverage of COVID-19 and its impact on Indian Country. Today's guests are Chris Johnson, a reporter for Kalihwisaks, the newspaper for the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin, and Joaqlin Estus, national correspondent for Indian Country Today. Estus is based in Anchorage.

Washington Editor Jourdan Bennett-Begaye reports the updated COVID-19 numbers in Indian Country.

The host of the program is Patty Talahongva, executive producer of Indian Country Today.

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Shoshone-Bannock: Seeing light through a dark sky

Chairman Devon Boyer gives us an update on how the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe is faring during this pandemic. And freelance journalist Stewart Huntington shares his latest work for Indian Country Today.

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All bodies have breast tissue

Melissa Buffalo talks about her foundation's efforts to raise visibility during breast cancer awareness month. And national correspondent Dalton Walker joins us with an update on the closing of Phoenix Indian Medical Center's OB-GYN clinic.

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Meet our election night team

Indian Country Today's live election 2020 team talks about the show and what you can expect from our up-to-the-minute coverage on Election Night.

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Seeking help for domestic violence

Elizabeth Carr talks about the signs of domestic violence and how to find help during the pandemic. Plus our correspondents Dalton Walker and Kolby KickingWoman share the stories they are covering.

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Battle for fishing rights in Nova Scotia

Maureen Googoo, Editor at Ku'ku'kwes News talks about the battle for fishing rights in Nova Scotia. National correspondent, Dalton Walker covers the closure of the OBGYN clinic at the Phoenix Indian Medical Center.

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Joey Clift: Being the funniest Native in the writers' room

Comedian Joey Clift talks humor and his new Netflix animated series. Journalist Eddie Chuculate shares the political races he's covering for Indian Country Today and editor Mark Trahant speaks with Montana State Rep. Shane Morigeau.

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'Going to fail': Using McGirt to disestablish tribal nations

Attorney Mary Kathryn Nagle is on today's show to tell us why the current effort to disestablish tribal nations is going to fail. Plus national correspondent Joaqlin Estus talks about what caught her attention at this year's Alaska Federation of Natives convention.

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California tribes weather pandemic storm

Navajo Nation citizen Vanesscia Cresci gives us an update on how tribes in California are dealing with an increase in coronavirus cases. National correspondent Dalton Walker tells us about a nine term U.S. representative who is making a run for their 10th.

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A new kind of conference

Karla Booth talks about this year's all virtual Elders and Youth conference and national correspondent Mary Annette Pember tells us which of the political candidates she's following has been the hardest to pin down.

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Fighting the frontlines of COVID

Dr. Lyle Ignace joins us from the frontlines of Wisconsin's coronavirus spike to talk about his Native Strong virtual town halls where he goes one-on-one with Indian Country. And reporter Carina Dominguez has a story about a career in the art world that Jeffrey Gibson has carved out for himself.

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