Mascots and Native Americans

October 31, 2016 – Segment 2

We turn to Native American issues, including the name of the Cleveland team and current events at Standing Rock Reservation. With: independent print and media journalist Mark Trahant of Trahantreports.com; and Brian Ward, indigenous rights and climate justice activist and contributor to The Nation, who recently traveled to Standing Rock for the protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Written by Marc Steiner

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