Native American Superdelegates Profiled
Native American superdelegates and their growing importance in the Democratic Party were profiled in the Native American Times.
The Democratic Party has no list of just Native American as delegates or superdelegates. It is estimated an unprecedented 150 Native American delegates from all over Indian Country. That prospect has Margaret Campbell, a State Representative and Ft. Peck tribal member, excited about the upcoming convention.“I want to get all together and meet as one,” Campbell said. She is also Vice Chairman of the Montana Democratic Party Executive Committee. The Poplar resident said this election cycle and the growing roles of Native Americans “may be the pinnacle of the Native role, but it feels close to the excitement of the Bill Clinton campaign of 1992,” when so many Indian people became involved at many levels to help him get elected.
Activist Kalyn Free, a Choctaw who ran for Congress, said of the Party:
“The Democratic Party’s values are the values of Indian People: taking care of the elderly, the children, those less fortunate, giving a helping hand to those who need it the most. The Democratic Party is about “We” not “Me,” which is so in tune with our Indian Values. Key Democratic Party leaders like Chairman Dean know and appreciate this. The Democratic Party under his leadership has reached out in immeasurable ways to include Indians at all levels of the Party. Having Indian Delegates at the Convention will showcase that Indians are “coming home” to a place where we are respected, valued, and needed most,” Free said to the Native American Times.
Read the full article and the stories behind several of the Native American superdelegates.
