Issue 006 · June 14, 2026
The Department of Defense reduced its list of recognized religion codes used by military chaplains from more than 200 to just 31, eliminating Native American religion as a named category and folding it into a generic 'other' designation. ICT broke this story, and it deserves to be read by anyone who has watched a Native veteran try to access ceremony in a VA facility or on a military installation. For Patty, whose grandfather Edward DeNomie served in the 32nd Red Arrow Division and whose documentary Way of the Warrior traced the ogichidaa tradition across generations, this is not an abstraction. It is a policy decision that tells Native service members their spiritual practices are not worth naming.
Issue 005 · June 7, 2026
Abby Roque, Anishinaabe from Sault Ste. Marie, led the Montreal team to the Professional Women's Hockey League championship this week, facing off against another top Indigenous player in the finals. ICT covered the matchup as the story it is: two Indigenous women at the top of their sport, competing against each other at the highest level, in a league that didn't exist a few years ago. Roque is the kind of figure Patty's 'Native People Up Close' framework was built for: a person doing extraordinary things in an ordinary professional context, not a symbol.
Issue 004 · May 31, 2026
Abby Roque, Anishinaabe from Sault Ste. Marie, led the Montreal team to the Professional Women's Hockey League championship this spring, one of two prominent Indigenous players in the finals. ICT's coverage foregrounds her identity without reducing her to it — she is a championship-winning athlete who is also Anishinaabe, not the other way around. This is the kind of story Patty's journalism ethics call for: Native people doing extraordinary things in ordinary arenas.