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As a senator and a member of the Joe Biden Administration, Vice President Kamala Harris has advocated for tribes and equity for Native Americans, explicitly promising to work with tribes to restore improperly taken lands, defending the Indian Child Welfare Act, and addressing Missing and Murdered Indigenous people. But her track record as a California attorney general is more complicated. In his short time in office, J.D. Vance has mocked Indigenous Peoples’ Day and spoke against renaming a national forest in a way that positioned Native Americans as “the enemy”. We’ll get some insights into these two candidates whose positions were just elevated in the presidential election.
GUESTS
Victor Rocha (Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians), owner and editor of Pechanga.net
Governor Stephen Roe Lewis (Gila River Indian Community)
Matthew Fletcher (Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians), law professor at the University of Michigan Law School and author of the Turtle Talk blog
Marin Webster Denning (Oneida), cultural speaker and educator
Break 1 Music: Intertribal (song) Sweetgrass (artist) Follow the Trail (album)
Break 2 Music: Canoe Song (song) Chenoa (artist) Spirit of Salishan (album)
