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Native America Calling: How it started, how it’s going with Donald Trump
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Trump so far: How it started, how it’s going
Before taking office this week, President Donald Trump promised swift and decisive actions to get his agenda moving.
In addition to major reforms for immigration and pardons for participants in the January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S> Capitol, he signaled policy directions that affect Native Americans. Among them are proposed cuts to Medicaid, changes that affect Native foster care, and reductions in protected lands.
Guests on Native America Calling
Nagruk Harcharek (Iñupiaq), president of the Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat in Alaska
Evon Peter (Gwich’in and Koyukon), board member of the Gwich’in Council International and former chief of Arctic Village in Alaska
Nazune Menka (Koyukon and Lumbee), assistant professor of law and faculty director at the Center for Indian Law and Policy at Seattle University School of Law
Juanita Cabrera Lopez (Maya Mam), executive director of the International Mayan League
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