For much of our country's history, native people weren't permitted to vote. Now there are a historic number of indigenous women running for office — and they come from both sides of the aisle.https://nyti.ms/2GGjaG8
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More broadly, they are part of a decades-long shift in which native communities, long marginalized by U.S. voting laws, are moving into mainstream politics.
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Many of these candidates are running on a liberal platform fueled by opposition to the Trump administration. But some are like Sharon Clahchischilliage, who led Mr. Trump’s Native American coalition and is running on a platform she calls “fighting the environmentalists.”
