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August 28, 2008

On Day Two of the Democratic Convention, Native leaders drafted an Indian policy plank.

In the video, Jesse Navarro, Tohono O'odham Nation, expresses his support for the Native caucus. Caucus speakers include Jackie Johnson of the National Congress of American Indians; Mark Macarro, chair of Pechanga Band, and Margarett Campbell, vice chair of the Montana Democratic Party.

Kevin Abourezk, Oglala Lakota, is a reporter and editor at the Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star. He writes reznet's "Red Clout" political blog and teaches reporting at the Freedom Forum's American Indian Journalism Institute. Abourezk was awarded a Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism in 2006.

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