On today’s show:

0:08 – Craig Tucker (@scraigtucker), the Natural Resources Policy Advisor for the Karuk Tribe joins us to discuss the ongoing dispute over water rights between ranchers, farmers, and tribes on the dwindling Shasta River.

0:33 – Wendsler Nosie Sr., former Chair and current Councilmember of the San Carlos Apache Tribe and Vernelda J. Grant, Tribal Archeologist and Tribal Historic Preservation Officer of the San Carlos Apache Tribe join us to discuss their ongoing legal effort to protect their sacred land of Oak Flat from copper mining.

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