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Environmental rollbacks, job creation and the tax law from the past year all affect tribal governments and their people. Even counting his legislative accomplishments, President Donald Trump’s first year in office was anything but ordinary. We’ll look back and take the hour to discuss how his policies—and rhetoric—play out in Native America. We’ll hear from both supporters and detractors and map out what the next year might hold.
Guests:
Eric Henson (Chickasaw) – executive vice president at Compass Lexecon and a research affiliate for the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.
Karen Diver (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa) – faculty fellow for inclusive excellence – Native American affairs at the College of St. Scholastica and former special assistant to the President for Native American affairs
Stacy Bohlen (Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa) – executive director of the National Indian Health Board
Break Music: Change of Life (song) Young Bird (artist) Change Of Life (album)
Listen to an interview (below) with Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla) about President Trump’s first year in office
Talking points reached the Indian tongue. Obama has done more things than any Republican politician. Like Custer, arrogant; talks without listening. He was know as having “no ears” All the same characteristics of trump. Minimizing environmental health. What type of experience does it take for an indian to agree with the corruption, we all know the European centric cultural brings? Greed is the underneath their breath. Their is always a need for power. Mullin has no idea what is in Indian Country. Its hard to sell Indians when Indians can tell your not in your culture. Especially when an indian cannot see their natural environment is changing. When they cannot see that water in not clean. Chief Waahoo Mullin, pulls us back to the 70’s. Trump and Mullin won’t help native America, ever.