The new year is good time to look forward to the promises and concerns that lie ahead. In addition to setting individual and professional goals for the year, many people are watching the possibility for sweeping political changes. Merriam-Webster made “polarization” their word of 2024, and it goes beyond political division to an increasing number of family estrangements. We’ll get ideas on staying positive and on track for what’s important in 2025.

GUESTS

D.J. Eagle Bear Vanas (Odawa), motivational storyteller, host of the PBS special “Discovering your Warrior Spirit”, and author of Warrior Within published by Penguin Random House

Ronda Rutledge (Cherokee), executive director of Ecotrust

Arnold Thomas (Shoshone-Paiute), vice chairman of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation

Break 1 Music: Intertribal Song (song) Black Lodge Singers (artist) Enter the Circle – Pow-Wow Songs Recorded Live at Coeur D’Alene (album)

Break 2 Music: The Opening (song) Chuck Copenace (artist) Oshki Manitou (album)