Host: Brett Maybee
The $1-trillion infrastructure bill just signed by President Biden is an unprecedented infusion of federal funds for thousands of projects across the country. Tribal leaders applauded the action that could go toward beefing up water systems at Warm Springs, Oregon, the Navajo Nation and parts of rural Alaska. Other funds will go toward broadband connections and helping coastal tribes cope with climate change. We’ll get a picture of the opportunities for what many tribes are calling a ‘historic’ opportunity.
Guests:
Geoffrey Blackwell (Omaha/Chickasaw/Choctaw/Muscogee Creek) – chief strategy officer and general counsel for Amerind Risk, co-chair of NCAI’s telecommunications and technology subcommittee and former Federal Communications Commission office chief
Jonathan Nez (Navajo) – Navajo Nation president
Heather Tanana (Navajo) – research professor and Stegner Center fellow at the University of Utah Law School
Break 1 music: Edge Of The Rez, Part 2 (song) The Blue Stone Project (artist) Blue Stone (album)
Break 2 music: Encouragement Pipe Song (song) Joseph Shields, Jr. (artist) Wahancanka [Remember Me Grandfather] (album)
