Senator-Elect Heitkamp Strongly Supports Keystone XL, Despite Indian Opposition; Tribal Vote Helped Her Win

Rob Capriccioso
November 20, 2012
WASHINGTON—There’s an early rupture in the bond that some American Indians had hoped to forge with newly elected Senator Heidi Heitkamp, D-North Dakota, who has come out strongly i...
Holly Cook Macarro

Elections 2012: Tribes Becoming Increasingly Sophisticated

Just one year ago, the Democrats were written off as likely to lose their majority and control of the Senate to the Republicans. Today, they are looking at a gain of two seats and a 10-seat majority as a result of a near sweep of the top Senate races....

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November 17, 2012

The Native Youth Voice This Election Year

Vincent Schilling
November 15, 2012
The 2012 elections have come and gone, President Barack Obama has been re-elected to a second term as Commander and Chief and the minority vote helped in his reelection...
Steve Russell

Election 2012: Shot at and Missed

The battle is over, and pundits now stroll to the battlefield and shoot the survivors. I have used this bully pulpit to urge that Indians bloc vote only when threatened as Indians.  My own vote turned on threats I perceived to my family.  Your mileage may vary....

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November 11, 2012

Elections 2012: Look at the Numbers and Indian Country Outperformed

Mark Trahant
November 08, 2012
Indian country is the smallest demographic slice of what is America. Yet when the history of the 2012 election is written, it must be said, that Indian country outperformed...

Elections 2012: Driven by data? Make it so in Indian Country Too

Mark Trahant
November 08, 2012
One of the narratives of this campaign was how Team Obama was driven by data...

Elections 2012: Saving the Republican Brand in Indian Country

Mark Trahant
November 08, 2012
The Republican Party doubled the number of American Indian tribal members serving in Congress, from one to two...

Elections 2012: So the Election Is Over – Now the Politics Are About to Turn Nasty

Mark Trahant
November 08, 2012
President Barack Obama’s election celebration won’t last long...

Elections 2012: Montana’s Brian Schweitzer – The Best Governor For Indian Country – Ever

Mark Trahant
November 01, 2012
FORT BELKNAP AGENCY, MONTANA – Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer will not be found on any ballot next week. But his presence is felt across Indian country...
Nancy Pelosi

Making Progress for Native American Communities

“If you knew the conditions and circumstances…you would do all you could to remedy them.” These were the words written by Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte—the first Native American woman to earn a medical degree—in 1907....

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November 02, 2012

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