Meet the first Native American to receive an Electoral College vote
Seattle Times
Dec 19, 2016
Meet Faith Spotted Eagle, who received one Washington state elector’s presidential vote
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Faith Spotted Eagle has been a vocal opponent of major oil-pipeline projects in North America, including the Keystone XL pipeline and the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Speaking to CNN earlier this year at the Standing Rock Sioux camp near the intended Dakota Access Pipeline path, the elder said the fight over the North Dakota land would be “a battle that’s not going to stop.”
“I think it’s a rebirth of a nation, and I think that all of these young people here dream that one day they would live in a camp like this, because they heard the old people telling the stories of living along the river,” she said. “… They’re living the dream.”
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Video from CNN in November:
[link: http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2016/11/01/faith-spotted-eagle-dakota-access-pipeline-mg-nccorig.cnn|
http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2016/11/01/faith-spotted-eagle-dakota-access-pipeline-mg-nccorig.cnn]
We've heard from her before here, courtesy of G_j: Native Americans Prepare a “Last Stand” Against Keystone XL