Tribal elders enjoy an afternoon of games, prizes and food on the Fort Berthold Reservation
The elections showed that, nationally, the landscape of who is engaging with political representation in this country is changing. By all accounts the votes of women, immigrants, people of color, Native people, LGBT people and youth changed the presidential and some state elections. For the national conservative platform, relying on an agenda that often alienated these communities (‘legitimate rape,’ anyone?), the 2012 election results revealed a need for a change of rhetoric.
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Tribal elders enjoy an afternoon of games, prizes and food on the Fort Berthold Reservation
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