Trahant Reports

Steve Bullock is the first of the presidential candidates to sit down and talk about issues that impact Indian Country. He says it’s time for more representation by Native Americans across government. #NativeVote20

Fifty years ago an unknown writer published an “Indian manifesto.” The book was “Custer Died For Your Sins” by Vine Deloria Jr. Custer Died For Your Sins was a manifesto, a best-seller, and a banned book (a trifecta).

Manitoba voters will decide this week on a new government -- and a Native leader is running for the top post.

There are two things you need to know from the recent report on climate change from the United Nations.

First: Governments around the world need to move quicker to limit the damage.

And second: Indigenous knowledge is essential.

This is a repost of a commentary from August 12, 2019.

The Frank LaMere Native American Presidential Forum in Sioux City, Iowa, is now history and nearly a dozen candidates, 10 Democrats and one Independent, made their way on stage to talk about their policy positions on issues impacting American Indians and Alaska Natives.

President Donald J. Trump is interested in purchasing Greenland. But it would be better if the president’s interest included learning about what global warming is doing to that island -- and to our future.

There are two things you need to know from last week’s report on climate change from the United Nations.

First: Governments around the world need to move quicker to limit the damage.

And second: Indigenous knowledge is essential.

Sen. Cory Booker at the Meskawai powwow this weekend, Interview by Aliyah Chavez, Indian Country Today.

Mark Charles is running for president. The Navajo man joins some thirty candidates, Democrats, independents, and Republicans, who would move into the White House. He is at least the second Native American to campaign for the White House.

John Paul Stevens joined the Supreme Court as a conservative member appointed by President Gerard Ford. It’s fair to say that many of his early opinions were not favorable to tribal interests. Yet when Stevens retired he was known as a leader of the liberal bloc and as a justice who often supported the rights of tribes.