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This Diné leader is using horses to bring ‘the greatest Native turnout ever’ to the polls (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

So is this what Vance meant when he said there's so much land "we're not using"? I'll never understand why Americans are so shitty to the Native peoples.

Native American turnout is especially critical in the upcoming election, when tribal sovereignty could be threatened by the conservative blueprint Project 2025, which states that fossil fuel drilling should be facilitated on tribal lands. Political representation that brings needed resources into Native communities is particularly important on tribal lands, where 75% of roads remain unpaved. In part due to Young’s advocacy, Native American voters are credited with flipping the historically red state of Arizona to Democrat during the 2020 election. That year, up to 90% of the roughly 67,000 eligible voters in the Navajo Nation voted for Joe Biden, according to data.