The Democratic National Convention in Denver this summer “will be a red-letter day in Indian history,” a top American Indian party official said Thursday, and Democrats are hoping that more than 100 Indians will be elected as delegates nationally.
“We will never have an opportunity like this in our lifetime,” Frank LaMere, chair of the national party’s Native American Coordinating Council, told reporters during a conference call. “We will have an opportunity to tell those leaders how things could be and should be in Indian Country.”
The convention, which is set for Aug. 25-28, will draw 35,000 visitors, including 15,000 media representatives, he said. read more
Leave a comment