Indian Country Today

Celebrating Native American Women

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Celebrating Native American Women

Rodney Cawston is the Chairman of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. He joins the show to talk about an important anniversary for all Native Americans. On the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Mary Kathryn Nagle, who is Cherokee, is on the show to talk about the continuing crisis. Shari Pena, who is Cherokee, is a wife and the mother of four who has always wanted to have a large family. Shari said she and her husband Hyrum wanted to be foster parents long before they had biological children.

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