Hard Questions From Indian Country

Charles, the only tribal member running for president, defined the theme of the forum: the federal government's mistreatment and neglect of Native Americans. After greetings in their traditional languages, panelists shifted to English to ask about issues like the struggle to renew traditional l...

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Published in:	In these times 2019-10, Vol.43 (10), p.6-7
Main Author:	Woodard, Stephanie
Format:	Magazinearticle
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Candidates de Blasio, Bill Haaland, Debra Harris, Kamala Klobuchar, Amy Native North Americans Native women Presidential elections Sanders, Bernard Sestak, Joseph A Jr Warren, Elizabeth Williamson, Marianne
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Summary:	Charles, the only tribal member running for president, defined the theme of the forum: the federal government's mistreatment and neglect of Native Americans. After greetings in their traditional languages, panelists shifted to English to ask about issues like the struggle to renew traditional languages decimated by government boarding schools, protection of Native children's right to stay in their families and communities, upholding voting rights, protecting sacred sites threatened with desecration, federal-tribal consultation and U.S. Census undercounts of Native people. First-term U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland (D.-N.M.), from Laguna Pueblo and one of the first Native women elected to Congress, introduced Warren as a valued collaborator and "my sister in the struggle."
ISSN:	0160-5992