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Bishop Paiute Chairwoman Meryl Picard is still in her second year in office and confronting the pressures of pit mining on traditional Paiute land. Chairman Andrew Alejandre of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians was a voice for California’s new Feather Alert MMIP notification system. They are among the 40 accomplished Native Americans being celebrated this week by the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development. We’ll hear what’s on the minds of some of this year’s class.
GUESTS
Chairwoman Meryl Picard (Bishop Paiute)
Chairman Andrew “Dru” Alejandre (Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians)
Vice Chairman James Siva (Morongo Band of Indians)
Break 1 Music: Smoke dance remix (song) Chief Rock (artist)
Break 2 Music: Roadrunner (song) DDAT (artist) DDAT (album)
