Covid-19 - 2020 Elections and Indian Country

IllumiNative On-Air

English - May 16, 2020 19:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MB
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The 2020 presidential election is in just over five months. It’s not yet clear how COVID-19 will impact the election. But that’s not preventing Native folks from putting their names on the ballot. Today we’re bringing you conversations with two Native women who are running for office. We also check in with Navajo hip-hop artist, Def-i to hear his newest single, "American Quarantine."

Interviews with: Mark Trahant (Shoshone-Bannock), Paulette Jordan (Coeur d’Alene), Jackie Fielder (Two Kettle Lakota-Hidatsa), Def-i (Diné)

Produced By: Tara Gatewood (Isleta Pueblo/Diné), Monica Braine (Assiniboine/Hunkpapa Lakota), Crystal Echo Hawk (Pawnee)

Executive Producer: Heather Rae

Series Producer: Monica Braine (Assiniboine/Hunkpapa Lakota)

Associate Producer: Lincoln Cornshucker (Cherokee)