Indigenous Response to Palin?

An instructor of mine (she probably wouldn't want her name connected to this blog, otherwise I would cite my source more explicitly here), raised an interesting point the other night during a break in our class. She was discussing how indigenous peoples, particularly those of Arizona and Alaska, seem to be more or less ignored on important political issues. Her argument, as well as those of others, is that they, perhaps, have unique perspectives on how our candidates treat American citizens. Amidst all of the debate about character and policy positions, these voices do seem non-existent in popular coverage of the campaigns.

Some links to very interesting blogs that share these perspectives are here, here, and here.

This has been, of course, the status quo and certainly not suggestive that one party's treatment has been better than another. I'm assuming both parties and most Administrations have been pretty neglectful since the American frontier was "settled," along with the natives that lived there first.

Just some thoughts, but pass this along to others if you feel like it is important. It seems to me as though it is. (Note: I can't attest to everything on these pages, but I think that if you are interested enough, you can check the credibility of all claims. Here is one such site that seems to defend some of the Dineh-Navajo claims.)