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Host: Andi Murphy
The more than $20 billion in federal pandemic aid to tribes provided welcome financial relief at a critical time. But a new analysis points out what the study’s authors say is vastly inequitable distribution of that money. Scholars with the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development say flaws in the formula established to distribute the money are the main culprit and both the Biden and Trump administrations chose to ignore recommendations by tribes and others to make the allocations more equitable.
Guests:
Cheryl Andrews-Maltais (Wampanoag) – chairwoman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
Eric Henson (Chickasaw) – research fellow at The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development
Patrice Kunesh (Standing Rock Sioux Descendent) – director of Peȟíŋ Haha, consulting, creator and director of the Center for Indian Country Development at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Seth Damon (Navajo) – speaker of the Navajo Nation Council
Break 1 Music: They Will Know (song) Audio Pharmacy (artist) State of the Heart (album)
Break 2 music: Raven’s First Dance (song) Khu.éex’ (artist) Heen (album)
