Republican president-elect Donald Trump. Photo: greatagain.gov
Did you make any New Year's resolutions? Are you following them? Steve Russell, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, has a few for himself, tribal leaders and even Republican president-elect Donald Trump:
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1. Resolve to call your closest opponent in your last contested election and ask him or her for advice on your next major decision.
2. Resolve to appoint somebody who is well qualified but a publicly well-known political enemy to an important position in tribal government.
3. Resolve to prepare a shadow budget to go with your real budget; the shadow budget being one that assumes not a dime comes in from the federal government.
4. Resolve to stay on the issues raised by the Standing Rock Sioux at least as long as they do and maybe even longer. Resolutions for President Trump:
1. Resolve to lose the Twitter machine to make America great again.
Steve Russell: Resolutions for 2017: From Donald Trump, Tribal Leaders and Myself (Indian Country Today 1/17)
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