The cost of fuel is a major expenditure for farmers, commercial fishermen, long-haul truckers, and dozens of other businesses. The persistently high cost of gas since February’s start of the Iran War is eroding the profit margin for those businesses. They ultimately either absorb those costs, pass them on to customers, or shut down. For individuals, the price of oil is showing up in everything from people’s vacation plans to how much they heat their homes at night. We’ll hear about where the cost of petroleum shows up beyond just the gas pump and how Native businesses and individuals are coping.

GUESTS

Boyd Gourneau (Lower Brule Sioux), chairman of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe

Bill McCabe (Diné), principal of McCabe and Associates

Jason Pitre (Houma), owner of Bayou Rosa Oysters

Kiera McCabe (Diné), founder of Skoden Farm

Lionel Bigthumb (Diné), co-owner and CEO of Blackstreak Holdings

Break 1 Music: Mr. Businessman’s Blues (song) DM Lafortune (artist) Beauty and Hard Times (album)

Break 2 Music: Fearless I Live (song) Courtney Yellow Fat (artist) The Lost Songs of Sitting Bull (album)