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