The Trump administration just gave the final approval for a new 211-mile road that punches across the Brooks Mountain Range and the expansive wilderness that surrounds it. Ambler Road promises to clear the way for several mining operations, providing minerals like copper, cobalt and gold that President Trump says is needed to “win the AI arms race against China.” But at least 40 Alaska Native tribes have officially lined up against the controversial project citing subsistence hunting habitat among other concerns. We’ll hear about that – and get an update on struggles over tribal control over hunting permits in Oklahoma.

GUESTS

April Monroe (Evansville Village). lands manager for Tanana Chiefs Conference

Miles Cleveland Sr. (Iñupiaq), Northwest Arctic Borough Assembly Member

Robert Gifford (Cherokee), Native American Law attorney and tribal court judge

Gary Batton (Choctaw), Chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Emily Schwing, investigative reporter in Alaska

Break 1 Music: Humma [Feat. Kendra Tagoona & Tracy Sarazin] (song) Sultans of String (artist)

Break 2 Music: Reservation of Education (song) XIT (artist) Silent Warrior (album)

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 – The road project that could open up a great expanse of pristine Alaska