Native America Calling

LBJ signs the Alaska Anti-Discrimination Act
Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, also known as the Indian Civil Rights Act (Photo: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Collection).

Monday, February 20, 2017 – Native Americans and civil rights

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Alaska Natives take time out in February to recognize activist Elizabeth Peratrovich. She was instrumental in boosting the state’s civil rights through the Alaska Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945. We’ll note Peratrovich’s contributions by getting a primer on what civil rights means for Native Americans and explore one specific workplace civil rights complaint.

Guests:

Thomas Birdbear (enrolled member of the Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation) – lawyer and consultant

Jody Tallbear (Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma/Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate) – lawyer and employee of the Department of Energy

Break music: Sweet Grass​/​Water Is Life (single song) Miracle Dolls (artist)

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