Vice President Harris: ‘I Will Always Honor Tribal Sovereignty and Respect Tribal Self-determination’

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By Levi Rickert

August 10, 2024

Native Vote 2024. Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Occasion 2024 presidential nominee, made an enchantment for the Native vote on Friday night. She made her feedback  throughout a rally on the Desert Diamond Area in Phoenix earlier than a crowd of over 15,000, in accordance with the Harris for President marketing campaign.

“I’ll at all times honor tribal sovereignty and respect tribal self-determination and combat for a future the place each Native individual can understand their aspirations, and each Native group is a spot of alternative,” Harris mentioned.

It was the vice chairman’s greatest enchantment to garner the Native vote within the upcoming election so far since she introduced her candidacy for president. Harris entered the presidential race virtually three weeks in the past quickly after President Joe Biden stunned People by saying he was withdrawing from the presidential race.

Harris’ enchantment to Native voters was intentional on Friday as a result of Arizona is residence to 22 federally acknowledged, together with an ideal swath of the Navajo Nation within the northeast nook of the state. 

The Harris for President marketing campaign acknowledges it wants the Native vote within the upcoming election. Arizona’s Native vote is especially necessary as a result of in 2020 President Biden gained the state by three-tenths of a %–or 10,457 votes. Many political analysts cite the Native vote, which on some reservations voted almost 90% for Biden, as serving to to place him excessive in Arizona.

Gila River Indian Neighborhood Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis opened the rally. 

“I enthusiastically help President Biden’s alternative of Vice President Harris as his substitute on the Democratic ticket. I’ve personally witnessed her grit, drive and dedication to our nation, @gilariver and to Indian nation. She might be a tireless advocate supporting tribal sovereignty together with the treaty and belief accountability. She is the correct individual on the proper time to be our Nation’s forty seventh President! Skoden.” Lewis mentioned.

Harris’ enchantment to the Native vote in her Friday speech to honor tribal sovereignty and tribal self-determination is a continuation of how the Biden-Harris administration has demonstrated a government-to-government stance in direction of tribal nations since taking workplace in January 2021.

Tribal sovereignty stays one of many principal points for Native American when they’re polled, together with in polls performed by Native Information On-line.

Harris and Walz have been in Phoenix Friday night as a part of a multiple-state blitz to swing states. Since selecting Walz on as her operating mate on Tuesday morning, the Harris-Walz ticket has visited Philadelphia, Penn., Eau Claire, Wisc., Detroit, Mich., and Phoenix, Ariz. In any respect stops, the rallies have drawn giant enthusiastic crowds. 

Tonight, the ticket will rally in Las Vegas. 

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Levi “Calm Earlier than the Storm” Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation) is the founder, writer and editor of Native Information On-line. Rickert was awarded Finest Column 2021 Native Media Award for the print/on-line class by the Native American Journalists Affiliation. He serves on the advisory board of the Multicultural Media Correspondents Affiliation. He could be reached at [email protected].