Mark Trahant is the editor-at-large of Indian Country Today, an Indigenous-focused news operation.

Career

Trahant is a former Charles R. Johnson Professor of Journalism at the University of North Dakota. He is a citizen of Idaho’s

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Tribe, and a former president of the

Native American Journalists Association The Native American Journalists Association, based in Norman, Oklahoma, on the campus of the University of Oklahoma, is an organization dedicated to supporting Native Americans in journalism. The organization hosts the annual National Native Media ...

. Trahant is the former editor of the editorial page for the ''

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'', where he chaired the daily editorial board, directed a staff of writers, editors and a cartoonist. He was chairman and chief executive officer at the

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. He is a former columnist at ''

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'' and has been publisher of the '' Moscow-Pullman Daily News'' in Moscow, Idaho; executive news editor of ''

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''; a reporter at the '' Arizona Republic'' in Phoenix; and has worked at several tribal newspapers. He was an editor in residence at the

University of Idaho The University of Idaho (U of I, or UIdaho) is a public land-grant research university in Moscow, Idaho. It is the state's land-grant and primary research university,, and the lead university in the Idaho Space Grant Consortium. The University ...

. Trahant was a reporter on the PBS series ''Frontline'' with a story called "The Silence," about sexual abuse by clergy in Alaska.FRONTLINE: The Silence
PBS (2011-04-19). Retrieved on 2011-04-26. At the 2004 UNITY conference in Washington, D.C., he asked

George W. Bush George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...

what the meaning of

tribal sovereignty Tribal sovereignty in the United States is the concept of the inherent authority of indigenous tribes to govern themselves within the borders of the United States. Originally, the U.S. federal government recognized American Indian trib ...

was in the 21st century; Bush replied, "Tribal sovereignty means that. It’s sovereign. You’re a ... you’re a ... you’ve been given sovereignty and you’re viewed as a sovereign entity."

Books

Trahant authored ''The Last Great Battle of the Indian Wars'' in 2010. He authored ''Pictures of Our Nobler Selves,'' a history of American Indian contributions to journalism published by The Freedom Forum in 1996. He authored a commissioned work, ''The Whole Salmon,'' published by Idaho’s Sun Valley Center for the Arts. He co-authored his most recent book, ''Lewis & Clark Through Indian Eyes'', an anthology edited by Alvin Josephy Jr.

Honors and awards

Trahant, as a co-author of a series on federal Indian policy, was a finalist for the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. Trahant’s awards and honors include Best Columnist from the

and the

Society of Professional Journalists The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), formerly known as Sigma Delta Chi, is the oldest organization representing journalists in the United States. It was established on April 17, 1909, at DePauw University,2009 SPJ Annual Report, letter ...

, a Ruhl Fellowship, and co-winner of the Heywood Broun Award. He was a 2009-2010 Kaiser Media Fellow.https://centerwest.org/archives/1948 CenterWest: Mark Trahant bio In 1995 Trahant was a visiting professional scholar at The Freedom Forum's First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University. He serves as a Trustee of the Diversity Institute, an affiliate of the Freedom Forum, based in Washington, D.C. Trahant was a juror for the Pulitzer Prize in 2004 and 2005.

Personal life

Trahant lives in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He currently teaches in the Communication department at the University of North Dakota.

References

External links

* http://trahantreports.com

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