American Indians at Risk
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jeffrey Ian Ross
Adrienne Freng
Stan Weeber
M. George Eichenberg
Sidney L. Harring ... [et al.]
Discusses the issue of electoral participation from the perspective of Aboriginal identity and what having the vote means to them. Chapter two from Voting, Governance, and Research Methodology edited by Jerry P. White, Julie Peters, Dan Beavon, and Peter Dinsdale. Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
Focuses on the achievements of Emma LaRocque, a winner of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award in the education category, and describes how she overcame many obstacles to achieve her goals.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.33.