[nativestudies-l] Tuesday on "Indigenous Politics"

[jkauanui at wesleyan.edu]

Indigenous Politics: From Native New England and Beyond
Tuesdays from 4-5pm EST  (3-4pm CST/1-2pm PST/11am HST)
WESU, 88.1 FM or Listen LIVE online: www.wesufm.org

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Join your host, Dr. J. Kehaulani Kauanui, live in the studio at WESU for
the station's Third Annual Holiday Pledge Drive.  The show on Tuesday,
November 27th will focus on the 2008 presidential candidates and Native
America.  This program will highlight issues rarely examined in
presidential elections: the unknown and ignored facets of presidential
political platforms that relate to the state of Native America and the US
policy on nation-to-nation relations.  Whatever your take on the
presidential office, and the overwhelming evidence of rampant electoral
fraud and malfeasance during the last two presidential elections, all
presidential candidates should obligated to publicly address where they
stand on the US trust doctrine vis-a-vis tribal nations, treaties, federal
trust lands, the role of the judiciary in interpreting indigenous rights,
and state powers.  Where does Rudy Giuliani stand on issues of tribal
sovereignty?  What did Hillary Clinton have to say in her speech to the
before the National Congress of American Indians earlier this month?  What
is her Native American Agenda? What did Barak Obama have to say in his open
letter to tribal leaders?  Who are "First Americans for Obama"?  Who
is on Bill Richardson's National Native American Advisory Council?  Has
Dennis Kucinich maintained the Comprehensive American Indian Policy he
proposed when running for re-election to Congress?  John Edwards has made
public statements regarding issues affecting African Americans, Asian
Americans, Latinos, LGBT people, women, and people with disabilities-where
does he stand on Native American issues?  In the 2004 presidential
election, the GOP in South Dakota intimidated Native American voters by
writing down their license plate numbers.  A court decision in a South
Dakota
lawsuit documents how county officials purposely blocked Native Americans
from registering to vote and from casting ballots.  In 2006, the INDN's
List
Education Fund (ILEF) was founded to leverage the power of Indian voters by
mobilizing and organizing in key battleground states, and by calling
attention to this influence as political candidates build campaign
operations and formulate their respective visions for their constituents
and the US public.

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