Native America Calling: Preparing for Donald Trump’s ‘first day in office’

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Native America Calling: Preparing for Donald Trump’s ‘first day in office’

President-elect Donald Trump has promised at least 100 executive orders as soon as he takes office.

Many of those are, in his words, aimed at undoing “much of what Biden did” over the last four years. Tribes and Native organizations are preparing to fight, and in some cases benefit from, what they expect based on Trump’s comments and his record during his first term.

Tune into Native America Calling look at what those expectations are — from fewer protections for important land to greater access to extraction resources.

An area of the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah, known as the Valley of the Gods. During his first term in office, then-president Donald Trump reduced the boundaries of the monument over tribal objections. Outgoing President Joe Biden restored the boundaries. Photo: Jeff Sullivan

Guests on Native America Calling

Donald Medart Jr., tribal council member for the Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe, whose reservation borders Arizona and California

Myron Lizer (Diné), former vice president of the Navajo Nation, professional development consultant for Prestige with Partners LLC

Curtis Yanito (Diné), Navajo Nation council delegate and a co-chair of the Bears Ears Commission for the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah