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First Look: Native Students React to Palin as GOP's VP Nominee
First Look: Native Students React to Palin as GOP's VP Nominee

Some of our newest voters, Native students in Alaska, Arizona and Wisconsin, have mixed reactions to John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as the Republican Party's vice presidential nominee.

 (9/5/2008)
Mixed Bag: Campus Reaction to Democratic Convention

Native reaction on college campuses to the Democratic National Convention ranges from interest to apathy.

 (8/29/2008)

  • Tell us what you think about the 'Navajobama' T-shirt, and we'll send your comments to the manufacturer—and to the Obama for President campaign. (No profanities, please.)

  • A Native American gay wedding ceremony takes place at a Two Spirit gathering in Montana.

  • Omission disappoints Native Americans attending the presidential candidate's speech in Wisconsin. Others express concern over Obama's stance on Indian gaming.

  • A Tennessee high school, whose mascot is the Indians, takes the Native American motif one step further: It calls school grounds "The Reservation."

  • The Native actor’s role on 'Law and Order: SVU' is coming to an end, but he plans to stay busy with an Internet TV show, a book and a new baby.


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