Last week was a perfect illustration of the broken structure that is the United States government. Congress cannot pass a budget...
If you look at the failed history of termination – the idea of ending the federal-treaty relationship with tribal governments – there were two distinct motives...
Concerned Indian country leaders are saying that President Barack Obama, in his proposed budget for 2014, is not doing as strong a job at upholding the nation’s trust responsibilit...
President Barack Obama’s budget request for 2014 does not roll back austerity...
Kevin Washburn, the Interior Department’s Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, could not attend the National Indian Gaming Association’s 28 th Annual Tradeshow and Convention in...
Federal budget cuts currently being discussed as part of the sequester in Washington D.C. will have an effect on Indian country – mostly the Indian Health Service...
Idaho’s Rep. Mike Simpson, a Republican, asked a critical question Tuesday. It’s one rarely asked, let alone, answered. The question: Does more government money work?...
The many ways the federal government’s sequester will hurt Indian country are easy to see...
The waning hours of March 1 are here as the entire country looks to Washington D.C...
Mark Trahant
February 28, 2013
And so austerity begins across the United States...

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