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Article: Indians of South Dakota, let's talk about advantage
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- Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
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- June 16, 2004
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Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
06-16-2004
Relatives: You have the national political base of the state of South
Dakota within your grasp. You have a truly historic opportunity just now --
in this political season and perhaps many others -- to advocate very
seriously for your national interests. Given a narrowly-divided electorate
you hold the balance of statewide elections in your hands.
This became even more clearly obvious last week when the American Indian
vote was recognized, even by the losing party, as the decisive block that
elected Democrat Stephanie Herseth to fill a seat in the House of
Representatives. The single South Dakota louse seat was vacated by former
Republican Gov. Bill ...