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Native America Calling: Native businesses are responding to tariffs

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

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Native businesses are responding to tariffs

President Donald Trump is going to defend his tariff policy before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Lower federal courts recently ruled that President Trump does not have the authority to impose tariffs under the national emergency powers. A new Pew Research Center poll found that 61 percent of Americans disapprove of his tariff policies.

Businesses like Sisseton-Wahpeton fabric designer Denise Hill are faced with having to raise prices to make up for rising costs on goods from other countries. Tune in to get a reading on the effect tariffs have had on Native-owned businesses so far.

Guests on Native America Calling

Susan Webber (Blackfeet), Democrat and Montana State Senator from Browning, serving Senate District 8 in Montana

Larry Chavis (Lumbee), economist and business school professor

Jeff St. Louis (Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians), CEO and founder of Native Purchasing Group, a group purchasing organization headquartered in Michigan

Denise Hill (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate), owner of Family Affair LLC, a business in South Dakota