As dangerously bitter winter weather takes hold of the country, some efforts to help unsheltered Native Americans face closure. City officials forced an emergency shelter set up in Rapid City, S.D., to shut down. Successful shelters in Seattle and Minneapolis that cater to unsheltered Native residents face pressure by outside forces that intend to develop the sites for other uses. And Anchorage continues a troubling ongoing trend of homeless fatalities. We’ll look into some of the ongoing struggles to help unhoused relatives.
GUESTS
Sunny Red Bear (Cheyenne River Sioux Miniconjou, Hunkpapa, and Oglala), associate director of organizing with the NDN Collective
Nicole Mason (enrolled Red Lake Ojibwe), organizer for Nenookaasi Healing Camp
Derrick Belgarde (Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians/Chippewa Cree), executive director of the Chief Seattle Club
Samuel Johns (Ahtna Athabascan), founder of Forget Me Not and hip hop artist
Hermes Bettelyoun (Oglala Lakota), local organizer with NDN Collective