The California Tribe Fighting for Federal Recognition

On The VICE Guide to Right Now, VICE’s daily podcast, we delve into the biggest news of the day and give you a rundown of the stories we’re reading, working on, and fascinated with.

Today, we start out with the latest on the federal government shutdown, the second annual Women’s March, and Facebook’s admission that it might be bad for democracy. Then, we talk to journalist Avery L. Wright about the Nisenan Native American tribe in California lobbying Congress to get federal recognition.

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