New Mexico's Deb Haaland wants to see a Native American woman in Congress
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Deb Haaland has her eye on the history books.
An enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, she is one of two U.S. House candidates vying to become the first Native American woman elected to Congress.
“In 230 years, there’s never been a Native American woman in Congress. I have never seen myself in that body of our government,” Haaland said in an interview in June with ABC News.
In Kansas, Democrat Sharice Davids is challenging incumbent Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder. In September, Haaland and Davids appeared together at a rally in Kansas City, Kansas.
There are currently two Native American representatives in the House — both men from Oklahoma.
Haaland won the Democratic nomination in New Mexico's 1st Congressional District, coming out on top of a crowded field of candidates. Among the five Democrats vying to fill incumbent Democratic Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s seat, two of Haaland’s opponents raised the most money and were seen as frontrunners. Grisham is running for governor.
The former chair of New Mexico’s Democratic party was born in Winslow, Arizona. Her father served in the Marines and her mother served in the Navy and because of their military service, her family moved several times.
Mark In 1994, she earned an English degree from the University of New Mexico and later graduated from the University of Mexico School of Law. While studying in New Mexico, she served as the tribal administrator for the San Felipe Pueblo governor’s office.
Haaland has a long history of service to Democratic candidates and progressive causes. She advocates for proper healthcare for Americans, environmental climate change, public education, and civil rights as she hopes to speak for those who are “sidelined by the billionaire class.”
She volunteered full-time as a Native American vote director for former President Barack Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns. In 2014, she ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor.
“Ten years ago, when I was out in Indian country knocking on doors and driving folks to the polls, I never thought I would run for Congress,” Haaland said.
ABC News partner FiveThirtyEight forecasts the district as “solid Democrat” and said Haaland has a 79 in 80 chance of winning the seat over former Republican state Rep. Janice Arnold-Jones.
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I think people like this woman will be a good antidote for what is taking place in politics right now.
There are over 100 Indians running for offices in the U.S. this election cycle and Deb is one of the highest profile ones.
Sharice Davids is in a dead heat with the incumbent in Kansas. Three NA women are running of Lt. Governor positions and one for governor of Idaho.
Having a first American in power is a good thing.
How so. I believe that diversity is always a good thing. All peoples need to be represented by those who represent us.
It sounds like the takers own that district. I feel bad for the makers. My advice to them is to pack their bags and head for greener pastures.
LOL, the last thing an Indian needs is advice from chimooks....
The first American Indian congresswoman is going to seek to advance American Indian issues. If you don't like it, tough. I think that was basically Kavika's message to Dean.
It means ''white person'' not pale face, MUVA, being Indian and all you should know that.
If you want to say ''pale face'' it would be waabiingwe. If you keep making mistakes like that your CIBC will be rescinded.
Consider yourself schooled.
How many American Indians are there currently in Congress Kavika ?
And don't try sneaking Warren on the list. We are wise to her charade.
That could be all of congress according to Warren, seeing she thinks her 1/1050th south American blood line gives her the right to claim to be NA when most americans have more NA chromosomes than that.
This seed is not about Elizabeth Warren. Any further off topic comments about Warren will be deleted.
Well, you'd have to request that they be deleted, you can't actually do that yourself.
You, being from Colorado should know all about fake Indians Dean, there is one from the conservative side trying to pass...
Have you caught on to that charade yet, Dean?
I would like to take this opportunity to apologize for anything I have done to derail the seed along those lines. Sometimes I get distracted.
I thought Elizabeth Warren was the first Native American in Congress. No?
Jesting aside, I think would be a good thing, as a general matter, but of course people should still be voting on policy and ability, not just heritage.
Actually, according to Wiki, there have been 21 Native Americans in Congress, however they have all been men. (Unless you count Pocahontas, I guess. j/k!)
List of Native Americans in the United States Congress
Actually Tacos that isn't very funny to most Indians. The true story of Pocahontas is nothing like the fairy tale that most Americans believe.
Is there a poll on that? (genuinely curious)
I think it should be even less funny that she has tried and/or allowed her very thin claim of Indian heritage to be used to her political and professional benefit as well as the reputation benefit of an iconic and respected law school. I think they should be more outraged that she attempted to cash in on their very real struggles, which she has not lived through at all herself.
I feel like Trump's favorite insult - while childish - is misunderstood. It in no way is intended to insult Pocahontas or native Americans. It insults only Elizabeth Warren by exaggerating her already false claim. Similarly, consider when Senator Richard Blumenthal (at the time, Connecticut Attorney General) led people to believe he had been deployed to Vietnam when he actually only served stateside. You might mock him by calling him "General Westmoreland."
Then insult Warren as a faux Indian instead of calling her Pocahontas. At this point, he darn well knows it's insulting. The problem is he doesn't care.
Then insult Warren as a faux Indian instead of calling her Pocahontas. At this point, he darn well knows it's insulting. The problem is he doesn't care.
True. Although perhaps he actually does care-- its important to him to deliberately insult minorities in order to"shore up his base".
I'm game. For example?
Remember, we want a one or two word thing The Great Insulter can use quickly and repeatedly.
Personally, if I set aside the objections I already have to Trump's name-calling, I think it's actually one of his more clever digs - maybe his best. Of course, it helps if you see it as I do, i.e. not intended to hurt the feelings of real Indians. I understand that others are bothered by it. I just think they're wrong.
Here is one example of how Indians feel about it.
Your feeling on the situation isn't what this is about. That has been hashed over many times by many tribes and Indian organizations.
Trump has a history, well documented of insulting Indians and paid a large fine for lying about Indians and casinos. He and Roger Stone were fined by NY for their lies and Trump was made to apologize to the tribe for his comments. So saying that it is in no way intended to insult Pocahontas or Native Americans is really blowing smoke, Tacos.
The rest of that paragraph has nothing at all to do with the subject at hand.
Do you really interpret it that way? Isn't it clear he's trying to insult a white person? And he's doing it because she's likely to run for president.
"Faux Indian" falls right in line with "Fake News" for his insult style.
It's not a feeling. I don't even have a feeling about it beyond that I kind of wish he wouldn't do the name-calling at all. I'm critically analyzing the joke as outlined above. By the way, the link you gave me even has a video of him honoring Indians at the White House. Seems nice, yes? Respectful? Not hateful?
Not bad. I wonder if there's a Cherokee word for "fake."
Perhaps you should read the article.
I did. I was aware that certain Indian leaders had expressed their objections. That's fine, but it's not what I had in mind, and obviously there are many tribes and organizations out there who aren't going to speak up because they aren't insulted or don't even care. I was more interested in whether anyone had conducted a poll of just native folks to see what they thought.
For example, they do polls on the Redskins football team and usually find out that about 80% - 90% of regular native folks aren't bothered by it.
The NCAI is the oldest and largest native organization and represent the majority of the tribes in the U.S.
As for the ''Redskins'' poll, which I was pretty sure you'd try to use, here is an analysis of it. It interesting to note that it was a phone poll and there was no confirmation that the people spoken to were in fact Indians..
But an even better way for you to confirm that Indians are OK with the term is to walk up to a group of Indians, call them Redskins and tell them your honoring them...Let me know the outcome, LMAO.
BTW, every Indian organization and the majority of tribes have come out against the term...
I would just leave it at faux or fake.
That is it. Call her a faux Indian. That is crystal clear.
But I am an Indian and it does bother me and it bothers people in my tribe. For some reason, Indians are treated like the invisible Americans. And you might think I'm wrong, but then you have no way of knowing since you are not me. I don't agree with what Warren did, but I see no reason to get childish with the name calling.
I'm really not "trying" to do anything except to maybe say that it's hard to say definitively what "most Indians" think. Indians are like any other group of people and are allowed to have their own individual opinions about stuff.
Because that's totally the same thing.
Nice try but no cigar. Since I'm an Indian and involved with many tribal communities and individual Indians I'm, shall we say, a lot more in touch with the native community then your are.
When most tribes and most Indian organizations come out against the word it's the height of arrogance to disbelieve them, but if that's what you want to do, please carry on. It certainly does show your inability to understand the native peoples.
LOL, sure it is, so it shouldn't be a problem for your then.
That's cool. That means from now on, I get to speak for all white people for you. I'll remember that.
LOL, nothing I said insinuated that I speak for all Indians...You should at least try to respond to the links and facts that knocked your so called argument in the trash.
All of the major Indian organizations and many of the tribes have spoken re the Redskin term...Go argue with them and tell them they don't speak for their membership.
The 31st VP of the US was Charles Curtis (Kaw Nation).
IIRC, there's a state with a significant population of Indians where the State Board of Elections made a new requirement for voting-- that when you showed proof of residence, there had to be a house number. (This was specifically designed to disenfranchise many Indians). I believe it was Kansas?
(Not sure I have the details right-- does anyone know?)
Krishna, you may be thinking of North Dakota.
You might be right-- I did see something about that tactic somewhere but don't remember the source-- or the state in which it occurred.
"She advocates for proper healthcare for Americans, environmental climate change, public education, and civil rights as she hopes to speak for those who are “sidelined by the billionaire class.”
She should only be judged on that. Votes for or against her ancestry defeat the spirit of democracy
She should be judged on other things like this.
"In addition to fighting to see ICE abolished, Haaland has also vowed to work to see the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program "protected and expanded into a permanent solution for children and young people who immigrate to the U.S. with their families."
She also said she stands in support of sanctuary cities and would continue to "raise my voice to protect them" in Congress, adding that law enforcement should not play a role in "intimidating and targeting hardworking, taxpaying families to advance an agenda of hate and xenophobia" by working with federal immigration authorities.
She also vowed to fight against the long-promised development of Trump's border wall, separating the U.S. and Mexico, calling the proposed wall "as divisive as the president pushing it."
Yes she should, since that's her platform. Whether you agree with it or not is of little consequence Dean. If you don't live in NM your shit out of luck.
Cheers.
Agreed and point well taken. The obvious question is whether the "us vs them" mentality exists "out there" in NM?
All the comments related to Elizabeth Warren are off topic.
E.A I got an IDEA ::
Why not seed an article with ONE word, that way you be 100% Happy!!!!!
E.A errrr well 50/50 I am sure some would know how to use (
synonym
that YOU will disagree with
Yeah, but it couldn't help but occur to multiple people.
Hmmmm - live in NM - voted this morning when the polls opened - and Deb was not on my ballot.
But, then again, we're in the District 2
Deb won!!!!
She is the second Native American women to go to congress. Earlier this evening Sharice Davids won in Kansas.
Why is it that "Liberals" are MORE about "Identity" and not actual substance .
Liberals = "Be the first to vote for ................. fill in the blank ...………….. the "First" ……………….. fill in the blank ethnic group ...……….... "Leader?"
Liberal types are just "We have firsts".....but can't actually fix any fucking REAL problem !
But "they" are the "First".
