Indigenously Index
[January 16, 2021]
Total days Trump was in office before resuming Dakota Access pipeline construction: 4
Total days in office before Trump publicly derided Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahontas”: 98
Number of Navajo Code Talkers at the White House for Trump’s “Pocahontas” slur: 3
Estimated hours Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke met with tribal leaders at Bears Ears: 1
Total percentage the Trump Administration shrunk protections of the sacred site: 85%
Total pair of moccasins Secretary Zinke was gifted by the Crow Nation: 1
Average amount of “coal payment” Crow citizens receive every four months: $225
Estimated percentage of coal revenue contributed to Crow Nation’s total budget: 50%
Number of Alaska Native women confirmed as Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs: 1
Total months Asst. Secty Tara Sweeney held office before terminating tribal trust lands: 1
Estimated earnings Sweeney reported as an oil lobbyist in Alaska: $1M
Amount a Catholic Covington student sued the WaPo, endorsed by Trump: $250M
Estimated number of Covid-19 test-positive cases according to IHS, 1/14/21: 165.4
Total months apart Nola Taken Alive lost her mother then her father to the virus: 1
Number of Indigenous members of Congress who opposed Trump’s impeachment: 3