Mark Trahant

Mark Trahant is an independent journalist and a journalism professor at the University of North Dakota. He's a member of the Shoshone-Bannock tribes and has written about American Indian and Alaska Native issues for more than three decades. His most recent project, TrahantReports, covers the 2016 election with a focus on Native issues and candidates. Follow him on Twitter at @TrahantReports.

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Indian Country Remembers the Trauma of Children Taken from Their Parents

Mark Trahant

Grand Forks, ND (Yes! Magazine) – As Congress prepares to debate separating families at the border, a look back at the U.S.’s past with the cruel practice. Indian Country remembers. This is not the first administration to order the forced separation of families. The Trump administration has initiated a zero-tolerance policy on the border. Zero […]