Iowa was a great win for Indian country! Our friends from Sac and Fox and the Iowa urban Indian population turned out to make a strong statement about the change needed in Washington. We cannot afford to continue with more business as usual politics – not when American Indians continue to suffer the highest rates of violence against women, are targeted by organized crime, and health care remains a literal life or limb decision.
Its time for Indian country to start gearing up for the next round of primaries, especially in Nevada and the February 5th states with large Indian populations like Arizona, California, New Mexico, New York, and North Dakota to name a few. Tell your family and friends to get involved and pass the word along about Obama’s forward-looking Indian policy. He is the one candidate with concrete, change-inducing plans—mere promises of improvement and increased funding have proven insufficient in past administrations. We will not have another opportunity for this kind of change in federal government for a long time.
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