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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. Tune in to hear about where the cost of petroleum shows up beyond just the gas pump and how Native businesses and individuals are coping.
Boyd Gourneau (Lower Brule Sioux), chairman of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe in South Dakota
Bill McCabe (Diné), principal of McCabe and Associates, a business in Arizona
Jason Pitre (Houma), owner of Bayou Rosa Oysters, a business in Louisiana
Kiera McCabe (Diné), founder of Skoden Farm, a business on the New Mexico portion of the Navajo Nation
Lionel Bigthumb (Diné), co-owner and CEO of Blackstreak Holdings, parent company of tourism, photography and other businesses in Arizona
