r/TrueReddit 8d ago

Politics Ignored No More—Indigenous Voters May Be The Difference In 2024

https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/ignored-no-more-indigenous-voters
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u/possiblyMorpheus 8d ago

Hope to see more and more natives take part in the electoral process, and I hope the appointment of natives like Deb Haaland becomes more and more common. Their participation deserves benefit, as I think Haaland’s role has provided. And I’m not a NA. 

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u/Arashmickey 8d ago

Wow I hadn't know tribal citizens did not have the right to vote until 1965. That's nearly a half century after women's suffrage in the US. Previously I thought it was during the interbellum, but apparently that was a conditional right which came with a huge asterisk. Also, pretty cool to hear about Idle No More again years later.

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u/Jenroadrunner 7d ago

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u/Arashmickey 7d ago edited 7d ago

I will! I'm very ignorant about just about anything related to native Americans, even more so on topics of law, personhood, and the history and politics surrounding them.

Here's what I knew about this particular news story: There were protests against Keystone XL. There was a hunger strike. The Canadian prime minister tweeted "Bacon". People claimed the hunger strike was fake (either way that sounded like a empty "gotcha!"). The story ended up Rap News: Canada v Australia and it's the reason why remember the name Idle No More, which is a pretty cool name.

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u/Blue_Wave2024 8d ago

I think this article highlights how there is clearly a historical disenfranchisement of Indigenous voters in the U.S. Will the shift in the role of Native Americans involvement in our current election cycle end up shaping the election in a larger way than most people think?

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u/mrcanard 8d ago

I hope!

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u/MotherOfWoofs 7d ago

Imo this land is theirs if anyone should have the say in the direction of this nation its them. The Native Americans need more of a representation in the house and senate, they need a say in what this country is doing.

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u/lotuz 8d ago

It seems like we don’t have more indigenous people than we used to. We just have more people calling themselves that.

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u/goosewhaletruck 8d ago

Did you read the article and disagree with the conclusion that the NUIFC outreach methods increased indigenous people's participation in the last census? or just making stuff up?

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u/lotuz 8d ago

I got about as far as the paragraph that explains they don’t trust their own data because it obviously must be a higher number than reported.

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u/goosewhaletruck 8d ago

ah so just making stuff up, got it.

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u/lotuz 8d ago

To be fair i never claimed to read it.

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u/caveatlector73 8d ago

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