2016 Postmortem

NWCorona

(8,541 posts) Tue Mar 22, 2016, 12:05 PM Mar 2016

Bernie Sanders Is the Only Presidential Candidate With a Plan to Empower Native Americans

"Native Americans are the first Americans, yet they have for far too long been treated as third class citizens," Sanders' campaign page reads. "The United States must not just honor Native American treaty rights and tribal sovereignty, it must also move away from a relationship of paternalism and control and toward one of deference and support."

Here are excerpts from some of the plans he outlines:

Supporting Tribal Sovereignty and Tribal Jurisdiction: Tribes must have the ability to prosecute non-Native people who commit crimes on tribal land, and have greater jurisdiction over prosecuting all crimes, including family disputes. Bernie will fight to provide Tribes with the resources for effective law enforcement and tribal courts ...

Protecting Sacred Places and Native American Cultures: Native Americans must be empowered to maintain and pass on traditional religious beliefs, languages and social practices without fear of discrimination or suppression ...

Fighting Climate Change and Promoting Environmental Protection: ... In the first 100 days as president, Bernie will convene a climate summit with the world's best engineers, climate scientists, policy experts, activists and indigenous communities to chart the best strategy against climate change. Bernie's climate plan calls for an end to fracking for natural gas and mountaintop removal coal mining."

I'm so happy that Bernie is talking, listening and addressing the needs of Native Americans. The only candidate to do so!

http://news.yahoo.com/bernie-sanders-only-presidential-candidate-130400306.html

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Bernie Sanders Is the Only Presidential Candidate With a Plan to Empower Native Americans (Original Post) NWCorona Mar 2016 OP

He truly cares about everyone. SamKnause Mar 2016 #1

Everyone indeed! NWCorona Mar 2016 #2

Hillary Clinton is the only candidate to actually meet with Tribal leaders frazzled Mar 2016 #3

I guess you missed the news from a few days ago NWCorona Mar 2016 #4

He's playing catch up from failing to meet with them in Nevada frazzled Mar 2016 #5

That was definitely unfortunate but guess what NWCorona Mar 2016 #6

I think it's because it was an article about Sanders frazzled Mar 2016 #7

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #8

Ever notice how the threads about Native Americans don't get very much attention here on DU? liberal_at_heart Mar 2016 #9

SamKnause

(13,088 posts)

1. He truly cares about everyone.

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 12:08 PM

Mar 2016

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)

2. Everyone indeed!

Reply to SamKnause (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 12:09 PM

Mar 2016

frazzled

(18,402 posts)

3. Hillary Clinton is the only candidate to actually meet with Tribal leaders

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 12:41 PM

Mar 2016

She is meeting with tribal leaders from across Washington State today in Puyallup. It's easy to make pronouncements from above, but meeting with and listening to the specific concerns of the parties concerned leads to the formation of effective policy.

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)

4. I guess you missed the news from a few days ago

Reply to frazzled (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 12:43 PM

Mar 2016

She's just playing catchup

frazzled

(18,402 posts)

5. He's playing catch up from failing to meet with them in Nevada

Reply to NWCorona (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 12:54 PM

Mar 2016

Due to his tight schedule, he missed his meeting with tribal leaders who awaited his arrival. I am still a Bernie supporter, but hoping one of his advisors will turn to Indian Country and hire on a Native mover and shaker to help him with the Native Vote and the ‘Native Voice.’

Another volunteer in Nevada, David Michael Karabelnikoff, an Alaska Native, echoed Dewey’s concerns. He shared them in a Reddit post titled, ‘Bernie Sander's Native American Outreach & Reconciliation’ where he said, “Community members continue to inquire when Bernie will meet with Tribal Leaders…I am curious why wasn't a statewide Tribal Outreach position created in the first primary with a significant Native American population.”

Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/02/25/feeling-bern-support-grows-sanders-indian-country-163538

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)

6. That was definitely unfortunate but guess what

Reply to frazzled (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 01:01 PM

Mar 2016

Hillary wasn't even mentioned in that link.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)

7. I think it's because it was an article about Sanders

Reply to NWCorona (Reply #6)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 01:19 PM

Mar 2016

But the Clinton campaign did do extensive outreach to Native Americans in Nevada:

There's little payoff for the Clinton campaign to spend its time in such a far-flung part of the state. From a dollar-per-caucus-goer perspective, the campaign could score a broader audience in Nevada's urban centers. But meetings like these are part of the hyper-granular organizing strategy helmed by Clinton's national campaign manager, Robby Mook, and a real-life manifestation of the campaign's unrelenting motto of 2016: flood the early states with field organizers in order to leave no stone unturned and no potential Democratic voter untouched.

The visit to Schurz was the campaign's eighth Native American outreach event of the summer in Nevada—which is also the state where Mook got his start, directing Clinton's 2008 operation here. Some of the meetings have been with tribal leaders, like a presentation to the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada or one to the Nevada Tribal Youth in early August. And when the Nevada team launched its "Every Nevadan" statewide rural tour in July, the itinerary included stops here in Schurz and also one with the Te-Moak Tribe in Elko.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/08/how-hillary-clintons-campaign-is-making-its-play-for-native-american-support/457629/

A – Hillary Clinton’s Nevada Chair Rory Reid today announced the formation of the campaign's Nevada Native American Leadership Council, a group of Nevada tribal leaders united in support of Senator Clinton’s bid for the presidency. The Council will serve as an advisory body for the campaign in Nevada regarding Indian Country, and play an active role in reaching out and organizing Native American communities for the January 19th Democratic caucus.

The group of founding council members introduced today includes tribal leaders, administrators and activists who are leaders in Indian Country throughout Nevada.

http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2008/clinton/clinton071807prnv.html

Native American Leader, Veteran & Civil Rights Commissioner to Serve as National Campaign Co-Chair
The Clinton campaign today announced the endorsement of tribal leader and civil rights advocate Arlan Melendez, Chairman of the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony and Vice President of the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. He will serve as national Co-Chair of Hillary's campaign.

"I am proud to endorse Hillary Clinton," said Melendez. "She holds a deep understanding of the unique challenges in Indian Country, and both an appreciation and respect for tribal sovereignty. She has demonstrated her commitment to addressing the types of health care challenges facing our Native American communities. There is no other candidate who is more qualified and ready to promote understanding of our diverse cultures and backgrounds, and bring us together as a united nation. She will be an outstanding president."

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=92210

I'm not trying to do any kind of one-upsmanship here; I just think the record with respect to these kinds of charges in so many posts needs to be set straight. Hillary Clinton has a long history of working with Native Americans before this campaign, and has worked hard to communicate with the communities during the primary season.

Uncle Joe

(58,300 posts)

8. Kicked and recommended.

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 02:13 PM

Mar 2016

Thanks for the thread, NWCorona.

liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)

9. Ever notice how the threads about Native Americans don't get very much attention here on DU?

Reply to NWCorona (Original post)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 03:43 PM

Mar 2016

Could it be that they're just not a big enough minority for Democrats to care about? Could it be that Democrats just give most minorities lip service and don't really care as much as they say they do about minorities? How many threads about the disabled get much attention here on DU? I have a disabled husband and son and issues that affect the disabled are very much front and center for me, but not so much for DU. Hmmmmm. Makes you think. I'm glad Bernie is giving a voice to those who don't have one. Good for him.

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