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The Americans with Disabilities Act, and other federal and state laws, protect jobs and the way of life for disabled individuals. Native Americans with disabilities living and working in Indian Country are not always afforded those same rights. Do disabled Native Americans face a harder life on the reservation without disability laws? What needs to be done to make sure disabled citizens are protected and are able to live a life free of discrimination in Indian Country?

Guests:

Therese Yanan – attorney and executive director of the Native American Disability Law Center

Hoskie Benally Jr. (Diné) – president of the Navajo Nation Advisory Council of Disability and community government liaison with the Native American Disability Law Center

Nichole Atallah – Attorney for Piliero Mazza

 

Break Music: Urban Crow Dance (Of The Bird Kind) (song) Joy Harjo (artist) Red Dreams, A Trail Beyond Tears (album)