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For my friends at the Daily Kos, my debate last week highlighted ongoing injustices against the Native American population of San Juan County, Utah and the chronic deception of Hillary hunter Jason Chaffetz.  So proud to have had the opportunity to...

With the whole nation, and even many parts of the world, watching with growing interest what is happening at Standing Rock, this is the perfect time for us to reach out and help North Dakota.

My cousin invited us to dinner tonight. He usually makes the Thanksgiving toast, but he asked me to do the honor, knowing how much trouble I was having with the idea, this year in particular. He challenged me to keep it under 30 seconds, so I wrote it...

I waffled between Anishinaabe, Native or Ojibwe to identify the first. She’s the first Native, an Ojibwe woman, to be elected to Executive office in US history. She mentions Paul Welstone  too. I want to share and celebrate this historic day. I’m very...

Frankly, I didn’t even think it was possible. North Dakota is the only state I know of where you don’t have to register to vote. Can you believe that? You just walk in on the day of an election and cast your vote. This should really be a model for all...

In case you missed it- McMorris Rodgers’ enthused support for Trump- Top Congressional woman, #4, mother of 3 children born during her tenure in the House, one of them has Down Syndrome, wife of retired Navy Commander, McMorris Rodgers fully...

   What might be “the largest forced removal of rural Americans since that of Japanese Americans during the Second World War?” It never is a good time to try to tell people about these issues; however, I had occasion this summer to meet a couple Navajo...

or it’s equivalent is a question that will be asked in the future about where candidates and elected officials stood during this November 8, 2016 election. ? Did you take a moral stand or did you take a calculated, compromised, “safe” stand? ...

As the crisis of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) unfolds, we are hearing from more an more national leaders about its environmental significance and why the massive oil pipeline project must be stopped.  There seems to be little question that Native...

     This story warms my heart in a dark and dirty political year. The Paiute Native American tribe in Nevada has not had an easy time voting, as can be common for residents of Reservations. For the residents of the Pyramid Lake reservation, that meant...

On October 16, 2018, Valerie Davidson was sworn in as the Lt. Governor of Alaska.  Valerie "Nurr'araaluk" Davidson, JD, Yup'ik, is an enrolled Tribal member of the Orutsararmiut Native Council. Ms. Davidson is a long-time advocate for Native health...

My name is Stephen Tryon and I am running against Chaffetz to be the US Representative for southeastern Utah, from Four Corners to Salt Lake City.  Its an honor for me to contribute to First People Power!  My father was a soldier, and we moved a lot...

Have you been frustrated watching Water Protectors fighting battles they thought they’d won BEFORE the Civil War?  Do you want to stand in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux tribe as they protect their land, their culture, and their future?  Well,...

In the short time that I was waiting at Discovery Park, located at the junction between the American and Sacramento rivers, for participants in the Winnemem Wintu’s Run4Salmon to board the boat making the journey from Sacramento to Colusa on the...

The Sacramento Area Friends and Relatives of the Lakota Nation sponsored a peaceful and indigenous faith-based protest in support of the Standing Rock Sioux on October 28 from 3 pm to 5 pm at the federal building at 501 I Street in Sacramento.  ...

On October 4, the Davis City Council unanimously passed a resolution declaring their solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline.  Carol Standing Elk, Francisco Dominguez, Juliette Beck, Lynn Nittler,...