Before taking office this week, President Donald Trump promised swift and decisive actions to get his agenda moving. In addition to major reforms for immigration and pardons for participants in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol, he also signaled policy directions that affect Native Americans. Among them are proposed cuts to Medicaid, changes that affect Native foster care, and reductions in protected lands. He also eliminated federal government diversity programs and took steps to reverse the decision to name North America’s highest peak that refers to the traditional Koyukon Athabascan word. We’ll take stock of some of Trump’s immediate priorities.
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Nagruk Harcharek (Iñupiaq), president of the Voices of the Iñupiat
Evon Peter (Gwich’in and Koyukon), board member of the Gwich’in Council International and former chief of Arctic Village, Alaska
Nazune Menka (KoyukonX and Lumbee), assistant professor of law and faculty director at the center for Indian Law and Policy at Seattle University School of Law
Juanita Cabrera Lopez (Maya Mam), executive director of the International Mayan League