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Host: Shawn Spruce
The stakes are high for Native voters and election night delivered with some big surprises, a few lingering mysteries, and no indication of which party will dominate Capitol Hill. Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce analyzes the races across the country where Native candidates are on the ballot and issues important to Native people are on the line with Jourdan Bennett-Begaye (Diné), editor at ICT; Angela Willeford (member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community), intergovernmental relations project manager for the tribe; Allen Wright (Choctaw), president and founder of the Hustings Group; Michelle Sparck (Qissunamuit/Tribe of Chevak), director of strategic initiatives at Get Out the Native Vote; and Rhonda McBride, the new news director of our flagship station in Anchorage – KNBA.
Break 1 music: The Real People (song) RiverFlowz (artist) RiverFlowz (album)
Break 2 music: Keep Rising (song) House of Shem (artist) Keep Rising (album)
I did a barefoot prayer walk to the voting booths.
I walked over ten miles barefoot on highway 1 and on a private secluded beach to get to Malibu City Hall.
I would like to say this to the native relatives on the air today. It would be encouraging in several ways.
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