Trahant Reports Native Voice One - NV1

Trahant Reports is going away. But there is what’s next: I am planning on spending the next year writing about Indigenous economics.

My weekly commentary as Trahant Reports is coming to an end. And this comes at a remarkable time when more people are receptive to the idea that Native voices must be included in any national conversation. We are the media (as well as its consumers).

One thing about Charlie LaDuff’s career .. he has often focused on those who do the hard labor. The working stiff.

His 9/11 story is the same.

It’s easy to be impatient with COVID-19. We want this pandemic over. But the only way out is continued vigilance. The virus needs to have fewer places to spread.

Who is Native?

That should be a simple question, right? Not so much. The answers are complicated by history … and generations. So the answers will come tribe by tribe as citizens sit down and debate what's next.

This is a unique moment for tribal nations. There will be more money flowing into tribal governments and enterprises than ever before in history. So how do we make sure that money is well spent … and how do we measure what success looks like?