Native American Network Registers Voters On Nevada's 24 Indian Reservations For Jan 19th Caucus

[Bobbieo]

Dear INDN Friend,

On November 1, we launched the next chapter of the empowerment of Indian Country. On that day we fielded a staff of professional Indian organizers to register voters on Nevada's 24 reservations - the start of the Native American Network (NAN).

Our team of trained Indian organizers is boosting Indian participation in the caucuses to unprecedented levels by registering Indians to vote, conducting caucus trainings, locating caucuses on many of the state's 24 Indian reservations, and turning out Indians on Caucus Day.

With Nevada a new battleground in the primary race, our organizers are maximizing the influence of native voices in the Nevada caucus process and allowing us to showcase the growing influence of Indian Country in the political process.

But what we're doing in Nevada is only the first step. Building on our success there, we will expand to six other battleground states in the 2008 election. These states are ripe for Indians to become THE swing vote in 2008.

"In these new battleground states ... the native vote is a key electoral vote. This is a vote that's completely Progressive. It's a huge percentage of the vote in these new swing states.
With more than 3.2 million voting age Indians in the United States, Indian votes comprise a bloc roughly the size of all-important Iowa.

That's why we're mobilizing Indian votes in critical battleground states like Arizona, New Mexico, Washington, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and Nevada. These states will be the most hotly contested states in the 2008 presidential election, and when Indians swing them we can make sure Indian Country is just as important to our nation's leaders as Florida and Ohio.

Kalyn Free, INDNs List, Tulsa. Oklahoma

[Mythsaje]

1. Speaking of the forgotten...

Good on them!

[Bobbieo]

2. They are there. They are viable and they are Democrats!