Indian Country Today

Unlike many non-Native beauty salon owners, Bailey Skenandore, Oneida, understands the spiritual and cultural significance of Indigenous hair and has taken that understanding into her business near downtown Milwaukee.

Oneida salon-owner reflects on the importance of hair, freedom of entrepreneurship - ICT Bailey Skenandore's Sweetgrass Salon in Milwaukee's historic Third Ward is one of the few urban Native-owned hair salons in the nation

The strongest storm of 2026 left a trail of destruction across the Pacific, and many Indigenous island communities are still struggling to recover weeks later.

Pacific Islanders slowly recover from the strongest storm of the year - ICT More than a month after Sinlaku hit the Western Pacific, the death toll stands at 17 and many families remain without stable housing or electricity.

A first-of-its-kind totem pole carving program at a Washington correctional facility is helping incarcerated Indigenous men reconnect with culture, healing, and community.

Building a carving community inside Washington State Corrections - ICT A totem pole carving program at Cedar Creek Corrections Center supports healing for incarcerated individuals looking to connect with inter-tribal and intergenerational traditional practices.