Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumBernie's new Native American advisor
Tara Houska, Ojibwe, Named Native American Advisor to Bernie SandersIn her new role, Houska, who is Couchiching First Nation, will field press inquiries, recruit voters particularly Native Americans and assist with drafting Sanders Native American policy.
I hope to elevate Native American issues at a high level, she said. Too much of America is unaware of the plights our communities face, and we are tired of hearing more of the same from politicians. I look forward to continued and expanded outreach in Indian country. Our voices and our votes matter.
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/02/24/tara-houska-ojibwe-named-native-american-advisor-bernie-sanders-163531
virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)thereismore
(13,326 posts)hoosierlib
(710 posts)Mike__M
(1,052 posts)Too bad Montana and the Dakotas come so very late in the season.
hoosierlib
(710 posts)haikugal
(6,476 posts)monicaangela
(1,508 posts)With the continued onslaught against the rights of Native Americans throughout the Americas it is about time someone provided an opportunity for all voices to be heard. Bernie Sanders! Wonderful.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)I know her looks shouldn't matter, but I just found her striking.
And her name is similar to my own Native American ancestors' last name, which probably was "whitened" at some point through the years. Our last name was Huskey. I'm of Cherokee (and Irish) descent, like many Southerners. I should really read more up on that last name. It may very well be derived from Houska or something similar.
LOL. My daughter just saw her and said she looks like Sacagawea. High praise, indeed.
HerbChestnut
(3,649 posts)Just when I thought I couldn't support Bernie any more...
Mike__M
(1,052 posts)saying the same thing over and over, how come we keep seeing him get better and better?
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)How hypocritical!
jillan
(39,451 posts)What a beauty.
And she's an attorney & an activist! And she feels the Bern.
Girl crush indeed!!
Zorra
(27,670 posts)And I have almost the same exact earrings.