Steve Russell

Elders Are Our Strength

Elders suffered terribly during the Great Depression. I did not live then, but I am among the last generation schooled by the people who lived it. I know my family’s stories and the statistics, but the rest is speculation....

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March 21, 2013

The Political Wit and Wisdom of Will Rogers

Steve Russell
October 31, 2012
Will Rogers, the Paint Clan Cherokee cowboy turned entertainer turned political pundit, used to say he did not make jokes...

Elections 2012: Vice Presidents’ Footnote to Indian History – Feeding Peanuts to Pigeons and Squirrels

Mark Trahant
October 10, 2012
The office of Vice President may be worth at least a footnote in the long history of tribal, federal relations...

Will Rogers Started Poor, Died Rich, and Left Behind a Lot of Laughter

Steve Russell
September 18, 2012
Will Rogers was born to Cherokee parents in 1879 in Indian Territory, a rural backwater where Indian tribes had been sent to die, yet this Paint Clan Cherokee became internationall...

Elections 2012: Why Are Treaty Obligations ‘Discretionary’ Spending?

Mark Trahant
September 17, 2012
Nearly every politician, Democrat, Republican or independent, says that treaties made with American Indian tribes are solemn and sacred obligations...
Mark Trahant

Budget Cuts Will Repeat a Tragic History

Tribal leaders went to Capitol Hill last week to make the case to protect American Indian and Alaska Native programs from the deep federal spending cuts that are about to hit....

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October 20, 2011

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