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The protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline gathered steam, although organizers complained about unfavorable media coverage. They took their messages to social media. That’s one of the topics on the table as we check in on recent news. Also, the Navajo Nation sues the EPA over last year’s Gold King Mine spill, an Arizona court deals a blow to a Gila River Indian Community custody case, and the presidential candidates continue to ignore Native American issues.
Guests:
Mark Trahant (Shoshone Bannock) – journalist with TrahantReports.com and Charles R. Johnson Endowed Professor of Journalism at the University of North Dakota
Cherri Foytlyn (Diné/Cherokee) -state director for Bold Louisiana and a volunteer for Bridge the Gulf
Break Music: Aya’a’sh Dootl’izh/The Bluebird (song) Radmilla & Herman Cody (artist) Shi Kéyah (album)
I have called major and local TV stations, the white house to see why there is No news coverage about Standing Rock, I was told that it wasn’t news worthy or what, nothing going on. I wonder what it would take to have the press there