Paul Cook: “Americans want Washington to tighten their belt. And to do that, we need to find waste.”

Four out of five Native women are affected by violence, with the U.S. Department of Justice finding that American Indian women face murder rates that are more than 10 times the national average.

Eliminating or sharply curtailing the ability of tribes to carry out resource extraction and development on tribal lands would be the wrong approach.

My hope is that we can understand the root causes, if we can get there, of these persistent challenges.

Many students came to this school for a quality, culturally relevant education in a safe environment.