Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico) and Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Arizona) are getting ready to hear #ShutdownStories from Indian Country at a Democratic hearing on Capitol Hill. @RepDebHaaland @RepRaulGrijalva pic.twitter.com/nxCxz2YYyj
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 15, 2019
Chairperson Aaron Payment of the Saulte Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians will be providing testimony at Democratic #ShutdownStories hearing. Payment is 1st Vice President of National Congress of American Indians @NCAI1944 pic.twitter.com/dUx35W3I5S
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 15, 2019
Kerry Hawk Lessard (Shawnee) of Native American Lifelines and Mary Greene Trottier (Spirit Lake) of National Association of Food Distribution Programs on Indian Reservations Board will also be sharing #ShutdownStories from Indian Country at Democratic hearing pic.twitter.com/L3CBiJTWYn
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 15, 2019
Democratic hearing on impact of government shutdown on Indian Country starting soon. Live feed at https://t.co/VPGJYvfz3p #ShutdownStories pic.twitter.com/x4N44ClOXr
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Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Connecticut) says Indian Country is “suffering because of the President’s shutdown. ... Tribes are draining their accounts. ... I view it as cruel and unnecessary.” #ShutdownStories pic.twitter.com/t2DrKq0FTX
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Rep. Barbara Lee (D-California): “The Trump administration is hurting millions of American Indians. It really is a slap in the face to these families.” #ShutdownStories pic.twitter.com/V6Sk94sQob
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Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Arizona): “In Indian Country you see that those people in the most vulnerable positions feel the immediate effect.” Blames shutdown on President Trump and Republicans. #ShutdownStories pic.twitter.com/tnig5GeoqG
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Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota): “Once again we have failed to meet our trust and treaty responsibilities to tribal nations.” #ShutdownStories pic.twitter.com/Jslf5bQmGv
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 15, 2019
The crowd cheers and applauds for Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico) at Democratic hearing on Capitol Hill. She is one of first two Native women in Congress. #ShutdownStories @RepDebHaaland pic.twitter.com/1Od2fi3SSO
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Kerry Hawk Lessard of Native American Lifelines shares impact of shutdown on urban Indians: “As a Native veteran stated, it is still legal for the federal government to kill Indians, even in 2019.” #ShutdownStories pic.twitter.com/i8zTrArFgH
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Mary Greene Trottier of National Association of Food Distribution Programs on Indian Reservations: “It is difficult to be reassuring when we know we only have administrative funds through the end of January...If the shutdown continues we may be forced to make do with nothing” pic.twitter.com/qgpI8MbGg8
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 15, 2019
Chairperson Aaron Payment of Sault Ste Marie Tribe: “This shutdown violates the trust responsibility to tribal nations and adds to the trail of broken treaties. I’m here to remind the Trump administration that your mortgage payment is due.” #ShutdownStories @NCAI1944 pic.twitter.com/c48hioEFgi
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 15, 2019
Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM) gets to ask the first question. “Have you ever seen a crisis so devastating as this?” Chairperson Aaron Payment of Sault Ste Marie Tribe: “I haven’t seen anything like this. We haven’t seen anything this threatening.” #ShutdownStories @RepDebHaaland pic.twitter.com/DHOzIvnHLV
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 15, 2019
The crowd cheers and applauds as Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kansas) joins the Democratic hearing on Capitol Hill. She is one of the first two Native women in Congress. #ShutdownStories @RepDavids pic.twitter.com/zbodpTVmCA
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 15, 2019
Mary Greene Trottier of National Association of Food Distribution Programs on Indian Reservations explains uncertainty and fear for food programs in Indian Country: “On January 31, our food will not make it out of the warehouses.” #ShutdownStories @RepDavids @RepDebHaaland pic.twitter.com/A6x5ke1r1H
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 15, 2019
A statue of Po'pay, the leader of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, represents the state of New Mexico in the US Capitol. Po'pay organized the Indigenous uprising against the colonial government of Spain. Statue design by Cliff Fragua of Jemez Pueblo. Installed in 2005 #NativeCongress pic.twitter.com/UNKb69CGHH
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A statue of Sarah Winnemucca, Northern Paiute, represents the state of Nevada in the US Capitol. Winnemucca was an advocate for Indigenous rights in the 1800s and was the first Native woman to publish a book. Statue design by Benjamin Victor. Installed 2005. #NativeCongress pic.twitter.com/rh1oYwExfn
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A statue of Kamehameha I represents the state of Hawaii in the US Capitol. During his reign in the late 1700s & early 1800s, Kamehameha unified the Hawaiian islands into one kingdom (which was later overthrown by US). Design by Thomas R. Gould. Installed in 1969. #NativeCongress pic.twitter.com/G6CZT5n0Qn
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A statue of Sakakawea represents North Dakota in US Capitol. The Shoshone woman was key member of Lewis & Clark Expedition, serving as interpreter & guide, 1804-1806. She gave birth to son in 1805, carrying him on journey. Design Leonard Crunelle. Installed 2003. #NativeCogress pic.twitter.com/gbt613x2FZ
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 15, 2019
Tim Giago: We'll get over the wall. Will we get over Donald Trump? (January 14, 2019)
Mark Trahant: Indian Country feels the hardships of the shutdown (January 14, 2019)
Navajo President: Government shutdown violates treaty obligations (January 11, 2019)
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe fully funded for now with no end in sight to shutdown (January 11, 2019)
As shutdown drags on, some lawmakers defer pay -- but only for now (January 11, 2019)
Indian Country organizations unite by calling for an end to #TrumpShutdown (Janaury 10, 2019)
United South and Eastern Tribes: 'This shutdown must end now' (January 10, 2019)
Mark Trahant: Indian Country enters national emergency territory with #TrumpShutdown (January 10, 2019)
'Recipe for disaster': The #TrumpShutdown and Indian Country (January 9, 2019)
Harold Frazier: Indian Country suffers during #TrumpShutdown (January 8, 2019)
Mark Trahant: President Trump makes case for border wall as shutdown hits tribes (January 8, 2019)
