Salma Typhii
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Sometimes people wonder why Indigenous voter turnout matters because that population is a small fraction of the total, but if you look at those blue specks in deep red, rural areas west of the Mississippi 9 of 10 times it is an Indigenous Nation
08:44 AM - Jun 02, 2023
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Salma Typhii
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Between gerrymandering, voter suppression, and participating in another set of elections for Tribal government, Indigenous turnout was low but that is changing
https://www.azcentral.com/...
08:47 AM - Jun 02, 2023
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Salma Typhii
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Not surprisingly, the Obama Administration was the first in history to REALLY connect with Indigenous voters
https://ictnews.org/archiv...
08:53 AM - Jun 02, 2023
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Salma Typhii
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And it wasn't just land acknowledgement and speeches. He had listening sessions and put $$ out
https://obamawhitehouse.ar...
09:00 AM - Jun 02, 2023
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Salma Typhii
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Unfortunately, Clinton's election strategy didn't invest much in outreach to Indigenous Nations and her record as Senator wasn't long enough to show her to be strong on sovereignty, so when 2016 2016ed not as many folks turned out. Biden, however, remembered his lessons from Obama and it paid off
09:04 AM - Jun 02, 2023
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Salma Typhii
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He learned the most important lesson for an outsider: these communities don't buy your promises until you deliver because history. So Biden is delivering
https://ictnews.org/news/j...
09:09 AM - Jun 02, 2023
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Salma Typhii
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Dr Biden has been a huge part of this. She has been tirelessly traveling around advocating for Indigenous education
https://www.publicradiotul...
09:12 AM - Jun 02, 2023
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Salma Typhii
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Obviously #MVP has understood the assignment. And those youth who were part of Generation Indigenous? They are adults now and they are going to organize
https://www.indigenouswire...
09:16 AM - Jun 02, 2023
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ss m
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In response to Salma Typhii.
I wish these maps used populations vs land area when color coding. Huge areas with no one in them. Dots representing 50-100k each are better
06:43 PM - Jun 09, 2023
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Salma Typhii
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In response to ss m.
Same, but at least this is census tract so each polygon is roughly equivalent population
06:45 PM - Jun 09, 2023
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