How Trump 2.0 Will Impact Indigenous Communities

This week on New Mexico in Focus, senior producer Lou Divizio and journalist Shaun Griswold consider what’s next for Indigenous communities as the nation braces for a second Trump administration. 

In an interview that first aired on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, correspondent Antonia Gonzales sits down with the Diné architect leading a project in Ohio to replace colonialist monuments and tributes. Tamarah Begay oversees the “Reimagining Columbus” project and explains how she’s collecting input from many cultural groups and assembling it all using her own Indigenous perspective as a guide. 

Antonia looks back at 20 years of UNM’s Native American Studies Department with a professor and an alumna. In this discussion that first ran in April, they discuss the program and its impacts in local and national indigenous communities. 

Courtesy of the Koahnic Broadcasting Corporation, Antonia takes us to the Native Youth Olympics in Anchorage, Alaska. In this segment that first appeared in April, we hear from young athletes who are encouraged to strive for their personal best while keeping in touch with tradition. 

Host: Lou DiVizio 

Segments: 

What a Second Trump Term Means for Indigenous Communities 
Correspondent: Lou DiVizio 
Guest: Shaun Griswold, Journalist 

Diné Architect Reimagines Columbus   
Correspondent: Antonia Gonzales 
Guest: Tamarah Begay (Diné), Lead Architect, Reimagining Columbus Project 

Twenty Years of UNM’s Native American Studies Department 
Correspondent: Antonia Gonzales 
Guests: Tiffany Lee (Diné /Lakota), Chair and Professor, UNM Native American Studies Department   
Rebekah Horsechief (Osage/Pawnee), Alumna 

The 2024 Native Youth Olympics 
Correspondent: Antonia Gonzales 
Guests: Kunaq Marjorie Tahbone, emcee   
Adrianna Chalusiq Johnston, official   
Sean Moonin, Toe Kick winner   
Jonathan Wilson, coach   
Kaytlynne Lewis, coach   
Lydia Alverts, official   
Adele Kuyuk Villa, coordinator