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President Donald Trump and Republicans pulled off a decisive victory. Are Native Americans poised to benefit from the change in power? We’ll get the early analysis about what the election results mean from a Native perspective and hear more about how Native candidates fared up and down the ballot. We’ll also find out how tribes might shift strategies to accommodate the change in political winds.
GUESTS
OJ Semans Sr. (Rosebud Sioux Tribe), co-executive director of Four Directions Vote
Allen Wright (Choctaw), president and founder of the Hustings Group
Dr. Aaron Payment (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians), tribal councilman and former chairperson for the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Rhonda McBride, journalist and producer at our Koahnic Broadcast Corp. flagship station KNBA
Break 1 Music: 500 Years O’ Blues (song) Digging Roots (artist) Seeds (album)
Break 2 Music: Midnite Blues (song) Crystal Shawanda (artist) Midnight Blues (album)
With The election of Trump I seriously doubt that there will be any active empathy for the First Peoples of the Americas and for our land itself. His promises to extract more natural gas and more oil and build pipelines, to roll back any environmental protections is alarming. Our mother earth must be protected. We’re going to have to stand our ground…again…and again…