Last Updated on June 25, 2014
As Editor and Publisher, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jennifer L. Penland to IC Magazine’s Board of Directors.
An Assistant Professor and Indigenous Scholar at Shepherd University, Dr. Penland will serve as Vice-Chair, a position held previously by Tracy Barnett, who will continue to serve on the Board of Directors, and will now assume the role of Associate Editor.
With the addition of Dr. Penland, IC Magazine’s Board of Directors combines her experience as an educator with that of other board members in communications and journalism. Her dedication to indigenous resiliency, social justice and culturally responsive pedagogy will help the publication in its mission to educate, inform and inspire. With Ms. Barnett’s experience as an editor, IC has now laid the foundation to implement its strategic plan.
Across the world right now, Indigenous peoples are facing a renewed assault on their lands, rights, and ways of life.
From extractive industries pushing deeper into ancestral territories, to governments rolling back hard-won protections,
the threat is global—and it is growing.
What makes this moment especially dangerous is how little attention it receives.
Stories like this are disappearing in real time. Mainstream media
barely covers it and the coverage is fragmented. The public is left without the context
needed to understand what is truly at stake.
That is exactly why IC Magazine exists..
For more than 20 years, IC has reported on Indigenous struggles worldwide — consistently, independently, and without compromise.
We don’t follow news cycles; we trace patterns. We don’t sensationalize; we provide context.
And when the world looks away, we stay focused.
But this work is increasingly difficult to sustain.
We refuse to lock our reporting behind a paywall. We don’t sell access through subscriptions.
And we don’t answer to advertisers. IC Magazine survives solely because readers like you choose to
support independent Indigenous journalism.
Please donate today if you can. Every contribution helps us to continue this crucial work.
Thank you,
John Ahni Schertow
Founder and Editor in Chief
