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Mark Trahant is a writer, speaker and Twitter poet. He is a member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and lives in Fort Hall, Idaho. You can reach him through www.marktrahant.com. He is the author of "The Last Great Battle of the Indian Wars," the story of Sen. Henry Jackson and Forrest Gerard.
Active since May 2010
Stories by Mark Trahant
Beyond birth control: How everyone could choose on health care
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 13 COMMENTSState of the Union for Native Americans
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 1 COMMENTSState of the Union: optimistic call to invest in young people
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 3 COMMENTSElection year will test Indian engagement
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 2 COMMENTSWhy the payroll tax fight matters
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 5 COMMENTSObama talks of turning point for Indians, but which direction?
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 1 COMMENTSTribes, Obama meeting under shadow of hard times
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 9 COMMENTSAfter supercommittee failure: figure out how to cut health costs
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 9 COMMENTSSuper committee looks for a way to evade its deadline
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 4 COMMENTSElection 2012 will determine which way the wind blows
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 3 COMMENTSLimits on health cuts don't prevent pain if Super Committee stumbles
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWA new kind of congressional earmark: no spending
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 1 COMMENTSRoad pain: How federal cuts will hurt Northwest towns, rural areas
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 4 COMMENTSA new era is here: contraction
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 4 COMMENTSObama to Congress: can you possibly understand?
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 3 COMMENTSHow a federal spending cap can worsen the economy
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 3 COMMENTS'Double-down' budget cuts will slice many federal programs
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 2 COMMENTSHealth care fight pulls nation in every direction
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 3 COMMENTSCongressional 'March of Folly' will make our problems worse
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 7 COMMENTSDeal sets stage for the real budget debate
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 3 COMMENTSThree summer reads in American Indian history to lend perspective to the debt ceiling
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWObama flubs his town hall on Twitter
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READ MORE | 1 COMMENTSAn old conflict between tribes and county governments heats up again
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWIndian Country can help pull states out of their fiscal holes
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 3 COMMENTSGovernment cuts make for lost jobs in Western states
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 8 COMMENTSWhere are the jobs for Indian Country?
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 2 COMMENTSGOP division could open up an honest Medicare discussion
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 5 COMMENTSIf feds cut their investment in U.S. jobs, Indian tribes might want to look overseas
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 2 COMMENTS$4-a-gallon gasoline brings immediate pain, and incentive to look at future options
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 7 COMMENTSGOP idea would devastate Medicaid
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 19 COMMENTSA year after health care law, the right flirts with old 'termination' idea for tribes
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 2 COMMENTSJapan, chaos, and our plans for Yucca Mountain nuclear storage
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 9 COMMENTSProtecting tribal health funding is a test of nation's values
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 2 COMMENTSGovernment shutdown: Do tribes have a Plan B?
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 2 COMMENTSCongressional GOP almost seems eager for the pain of more cuts
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 1 COMMENTSIdaho joins the bluster on nullifying health care
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWCan budgets for Native Americans be protected?
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWAmericans can choose their political climate
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 6 COMMENTSObama has changed the way D.C. relates to tribes government
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 13 COMMENTSObama summit with tribal leaders is chance to cut federal costs
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWLong battle on Indian funds reaches an optimistic juncture
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 3 COMMENTSMurkowski received big boost from Alaska Natives
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWDon't balance the budget on the backs of the needy
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 4 COMMENTSA nation more divided than red
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 5 COMMENTSThe secret of jobs in the West? Not what political ads say
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 16 COMMENTSGOP 'Pledge' would strike hard in Indian Country
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 5 COMMENTSObama's actions have helped Native voters
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 6 COMMENTSThe real issue is sustainability, for the economy
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 22 COMMENTSWhat will the Indian health system look like in a decade?
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWA fast year: Lessons from the Indian Health system
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 1 COMMENTS'Government-run' no longer defines the Indian health system
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWDetermining who is an Indian will be health-care challenge
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 6 COMMENTSDocs or cops: How should Indian Country treat domestic violence?
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 2 COMMENTSTribes have chance to control their health destiny
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWHow to move forward on health care reform
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READ MORE | 3 COMMENTSPut health reform into action
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 2 COMMENTSObama's Medicare pick is just what the doctor and patient ordered
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 4 COMMENTSHealth care threatened by budget tsunamis
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 2 COMMENTSObamacare may bring Indian health into new era
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 3 COMMENTSDental care for the poor will require shaking up the system
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 2 COMMENTSThe practitioner, not the doctor, will see you now
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 3 COMMENTSShortage of primary care physicians could mean doctor will not see you
By Mark Trahant
READ MORE | 4 COMMENTSHealth reform: Shifting from politics toward numbers
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