Winona LaDuke has already made history. She's run for the vice presidency twice. She has received an electoral college vote. And she is a voice of conscience and change. Paul DeMain reports.

Mary Kathryn Nagle is a busy attorney, practicing law in Oklahoma and Washington, DC, and in her spare time she is heading up a new program at Yale. She's also an amazing playright with shows running on both coasts.

A year ago Native media was huddled in a hotel room talking about the death of Indian Country Today. Now the paper is back ... but it almost doesn't matter because there is so much Native media going on across the country. A golden age?

Alaska Politics: Debra Call represents so many trends in this election. She's experienced. She's running for a state office raising so many issues that impact Native women. There is just one thing: She is challenging a Native American man who has been serving in the office for the past four years. Why? And will it result in both candidates losing?

Mark Trahant introduces a history of newspapers with the same name "Wassaja". He also looks into the history of Congress, including the lack of representation by Native American women. He interviews two candidates, Debra Haaland and Sharice Davids, who hope to be the first Native American woman in Congress ever.

The Kalinago people were among the first Native Americans to encounter Columbus. More than five centuries they cling to their homeland on the Caribbean island nation of Dominica. The Tribe faces new challenges with climate change and stronger hurricanes.

If you Google "beyond Standing Rock" you will see pipeline battles in Oregon, Tar Sands debates in Alberta and threats of another military action along the Great Lakes. Paul DeMain reports featuring an interview with an Ojibwe elder.

Profile of Carol and Denise Juneau. Carol Juneau had a simple idea: Teach Indian education to all as a basic standard of citizenship. She was successful making that idea law as a state senator. Now her daughter, Denise Juneau will run Seattle's school district. Profile of the mother and daughter.

Bethel Alaska. The problem: Getting dentists to rural villages. Alaska Natives highest rates of tooth decay rates in the world. Program trains people from the villages to deliver basic oral health. Dentists sue. Tribes win. That story is been told. But the next chapter is extraordinary. After the success of the dental program, the Alaska Tribes buy a university to prepare its next generation work force. Think of that: An entire university with one task, preparing young Native people for the jobs of the future, not the past.

Winona LaDuke has already made history. She's run for the vice presidency twice. She has received an electoral college vote. And she is a voice of conscience and change. Paul DeMain reports.