Bernie Sanders Expands Native Inclusion

[n2doc]

Sen. Bernie Sanders swept through Washington State on Sunday, meeting with tribal leaders and Native voters and speaking before tens of thousands at rallies in Vancouver, Seattle and Spokane in anticipation of the state Democratic caucus Friday, March 26.

He started in Vancouver, where nearly 7,500 people waited in the rain in long lines circling a local high school. Entrance was granted on a first come, first served basis and crowds began camping out at 4:30 a.m.

Before speaking, Senator Sanders met with local Native American leaders, Roben White (Cheyenne/Lakota) leader of Washington for Bernie Sanders Congressional District 3 and Becky Archibald (Shoshone Bannock) board member of the Clark County Historical Museum. They gifted the candidate with a Pendleton blanket, ledger art, and a necklace for his wife, Jane Sanders.



On back of the ledger art White wrote, “there is a great power in this art and we share it with you to help you regarding your decisions on how to enforce the treaties.”


Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/03/21/bernie-sanders-expands-native-inclusion-163829

[Gregorian]

1. I want to see 1st Americans as environmental advisors.

I've been noting the native Americans at his rallies. The reactions to what he has proposed is nothing short of ecstatic. It brought tears to my eyes to see that kind of hope, after all of the suffering they've endured.

[jillan]

2. In Arizona it was the same. The Native Americans embraced him wholeheartedly. In fact

he is heading back up to northern Az this evening.

[LiberalArkie]

3. 7500 people will stand in the rain for hours to hear and see Bernie but they won't vote?

Someone is smoking the wrong stuff.

[libdem4life]

4. This is great news. I lived in the Choctaw Nation for 7 years as a child. n/t