Cherokee Nation Delegate, Re-Bisoning, Mobile Hygiene

Cherokee Nation Sends Its First Delegate to Congress Guest: Chuck Hoskin, Jr., Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation For the first time in US history, a Native American tribe is sending a delegate to Congress. Now, there are already a handful of Native Americans serving in Congress from a number of states. But the Cherokee Nation is sending a delegate to represent their own sovereign Native American government. The Effort to Bring Bison Back to the West Guest: Kurt Repanshek, Founder & Editor-In-Chief of Nationalparkstraveler.org; Author “Re-Bisoning the West: Restoring An American Icon To The Landscape” “Oh give me a home, where the buffalo roam, where the deer and the antelope play.” Have you ever wondered “Home on the Range” –the “unofficial anthem” of the American West -starts with buffalo roaming? I’ve eaten buffalo burger, but I’ve never seen buffalo roaming wild and I’m from the West. There are only about half a million buffalo in America today –most of those are being farmed for meat. And yet, the buffalo –or bison, same thing –is at the center of the Department of Interior’s official seal and on the National Park Service emblem and, just a few years ago Congress made it the official mammal of the United States. Why are we so enamored of bison? Lava Mae and Mobile Hygiene Guest: Doniece Sandoval, Founder and CEO of Lava Mae After a hard workout or a long day at work, a shower just feels so good. It’s nice to be clean. But what if you didn’t ever have access to a shower? How would it affect your confidence and social life?  Or your ability to get a job? Most homeless people don’t have access to a shower. Lava Mae is a nonprofit that has provided thousands of free showers for the homeless through buses converted into shower units. Since we talked to CEO Doniece Sandoval a few years ago, her idea has turned into a movement. Video Games and the Relation to Teen Violence: Is the Blame Justified? Guest: James D. Ivory, Professor and Research Director, Department of Communication, Virginia Tech Why d