Native Issues

Native Issues Conference -1

February 18, 2021 Eric
Native Issues Conference -1
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Native Issues
Native Issues Conference -1
Feb 18, 2021
Eric

In our first Native Issues conference, hosted by Dawnafe Whitesinger, Sen. Mark Kelly and Rep. Tom O'Halleran, listen as state Sen. Jamescita Peshlakai and Fred Urbina, attorney general of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, discuss increasing jurisdiction for tribal police and other needed public safety measures. 
Former Rep. Wenona Benally explains the need to fully fund the Indian Health Service. 
Former Rep. Eric Descheenie and Ramon Riley, cultural director for the White Mountain Apache Tribe, discuss protecting places that are sacred to Native Americans, including the high mountains of the Apache world and restoring the Bears Ears National Monument. 
First broadcast on Feb. 18, 2021, on Native Radio Stations KTTN, KNNB and KYAY.


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In our first Native Issues conference, hosted by Dawnafe Whitesinger, Sen. Mark Kelly and Rep. Tom O'Halleran, listen as state Sen. Jamescita Peshlakai and Fred Urbina, attorney general of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, discuss increasing jurisdiction for tribal police and other needed public safety measures. 
Former Rep. Wenona Benally explains the need to fully fund the Indian Health Service. 
Former Rep. Eric Descheenie and Ramon Riley, cultural director for the White Mountain Apache Tribe, discuss protecting places that are sacred to Native Americans, including the high mountains of the Apache world and restoring the Bears Ears National Monument. 
First broadcast on Feb. 18, 2021, on Native Radio Stations KTTN, KNNB and KYAY.