Over 200 Native Leaders Endorse Joe Biden for President

Details: By Native News Online Staff; October 16, 2020

PHILADELPHIA — Over 200 American Indian leaders and influencers have endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden, the 2020 Democratic Party presidential nominee. The endorsements were announced on Thursday, Oct. 15, with 19 days until the Nov. 3 election.

The endorsement comes a week after the Biden for President campaign released the Biden-Harris Plan for Tribal Nations.

The joint endorsement reads:

“I’M SUPPORTING JOE BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2020! I am proud to give my support for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. As Indian Country continues to face enormous challenges to protect the health, safety, and welfare of their nations, we need a leader who is willing to take bold action and make the investments that are needed to keep our tribal citizens safe. Throughout his tenure in the political arena, Joe Biden has demonstrated time and time again that he is a leader who understands Indian Country, and is willing to fight for the resources our tribal nations need in order to be successful. We need Joe Biden, a leader who truly understands what Tribal sovereignty is and knows how to support Tribal nations in their nation building efforts. I am proud to do everything I can to ensure that Joe Biden is elected this November and am thrilled to work with his administration to ensure Indian Country has a seat at the table of decision making in every matter that affects our people for generations to come.”

- Signed by the following

Elected Officials:

Robert Miguel, Chairman, Ak-Chin Indian Community
Mike Williams, Chair, Akiak Native Community
Bryan Newland, President, Bay Mills Indian Community
Rhonda Pitka, First Chief, Beaver Village Council
Seth Elsen, Council member, Brothertown Indian Nation
Barbara Blake, Director Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes
Harold Frazier, Chairman, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Jefferson Keel, Lt. Gov, Chickasaw Nation
Dennis Patch, Chairman, Colorado River Indian Tribes
Michael Hunter, Chairman, Coyote Band
Alex Smith, Board Member, Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes
Floyd G. Azure, Chairman, Fort Peck Tribes
Stephen Lewis, Governor, Gila River
Bob Peters, Chairman, Gun Lake Tribe
Jodie Palmer, Vice Chairman, Gun Lake Tribe
Tommie Williamson, Treasurer, Gun Lake Tribe
Jeff Martin, Secretary, Gun Lake Tribe
Ben Brenner, Council Member, Gun Lake Tribe
Nicole Overbeck, Council Member, Gun Lake Tribe
Timothy Nuvangyaoma, Chairman, Hopi
Clark Tenakhongva, Vice Chair, Hopi
Christie Modlin, Tribal Secretary, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma
W. Ron Allen, Chairman, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
Erica Pinto, Chairwoman, Jamul Indian Village
Warren Swartz, Tribal President, Keweenaw Bay
Wendy Schlater, Vice Chairwoman, La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians
Michelle Beaudin, Secretary/Treasurer, Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe
Faron Jackson, Chairman, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Frances Charles, Chairwoman, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
Lawrence Solomon, Chairman, Lummi Nation
Henry Cagey, Councilman, Lummi Nation
Freddie Lane, Councilman, Lummi Nation
Margie Mejia, Chairwoman, Lytton Rancheria of California
Mark Fox, Chairman, Mandan Hidatsa Arikara
Rodney Butler, Chairman, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
Cedric Cromwell, President, Mashpee Wampanoag
Patrick Suarez, Councilman, Meherrin Nation
Gabe Aguilar, President, Mescalaro Apache Tribe
Richard Silliboy, Vice Chief, Mi'kmaq
Melanie Benjamin, Chair, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Lynn Malerba, Chief, Mohegan
John Daniels Jr, Treasurer, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
Jonathan Nez, President, Navajo Nation
E. Ken Choke, Chairman, Nisqually Tribe
Willie Frank III, 7th Council, Nisqually Tribe
Lee Spoonhunter, Chairman, Northern Arapaho Tribe
James Cross, Council Representative, Oglala Lakota
Julian R.President, President, Oglala Lakota Nation
Brandon Yellowtail Stevens, Vice Chair, Oneida Wisconsin
Mark Macarro, Chairman, Pechanga
Alex Wesaw, Council Member, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Brandan Rapp, Council Member, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Gary Morseau, Council Member, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Shelley Buck, President, Prairie Island Indian Community
Bill Sterud, Chairman, Puyallup Tribe of Indians
Annette Bryan, Tribal Council member, Puyallup Tribe of Indians
David Bean, Tribal Council Member, Puyallup Tribe of Indians
Anna Bean, Tribal Council Member, Puyallup Tribe of Indians
Fawn Sharp, President, Quinault Indian Nation
Darrell G. Seki, Sr., Chairman, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
Michael Conners, Chief, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
Thomas Wooten, Chairman, Samish Indian Nation
Terry Rambler, Chairman, San Carlos Apache
Kenneth Kahn, Chairman, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
Norma Jean, Chairwoman Sauk-Suiattle Tribe
Aaron A. Payment, Chairman, Sault St. Marie of Chippewa
Ricky Armstrong, President, Seneca Nation
Devon Boyer, Chairman, Shoshone-Bannock of Fort Hall
Delbert Hopkins, Chairman, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate
Guy Miller, Chairman, Skokomish Tribe
Carol Evans, Chairwoman, Spokane Tribe of Indians
Shannon Holsey, President, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians
Leonard Forsman, Chairman Suquamish Tribe
Robin Sigo, Treasure, Suquamish Tribe
Nigel Lawrance, Secretary, Suquamish Tribe
Sammy Mabe, Councilman, Suquamish Tribe
Luther Mills, Jr., Councilman, Suquamish Tribe
Rich Purser, Councilman, Suquamish Tribe
Leon John, Senator, Swinomish
Edward Thomas, President, Tlingit Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Ned Norris, Chairman, Tohono O'odham
Teri Gobin, Chairwoman, Tulalip Tribes
Misty Napeahi, Treasurer, Tulalip Tribes
Melvin Sheldon Jr., Board of Director, Tulalip Tribes
Marshall Pierite, Chairman, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe
Jamie Azure, Chairman, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Amber Torres, Chairwoman, Walker River Paiute Tribe
Delano Saluskin, Chairman, Yakama Nation
Jason Cooke, Vice Chairman, Yankton Sioux
Deb Haaland, U.S. Rep. 1st District NM, Laguna Pueblo
Sharice Davids, U.S. Rep. 3rd District KS, Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin
Peggy Flanagan, Lt Governor Minnesota, White Earth Band of Ojibwe
Ruth Buffalo, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation North Dakota State House Representative District 27

Prominent Tribal Community Leader Endorsements:

Anathea Chino, Co-Founder & Executive Director Acoma Pueblo
Nathan Bergerbest, Tribal Citizen Alaska Native Community
Rose Stasco, Tribal Citizen Alaska Native Tlingit Indian
Heather Whitemanrunshim, Citizen, Apsaalooke (Crow) Nation
Nancy Walls, Tribal Citizen Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Mary Ann Andreas, Chair, CA Dem Party, Native American Caucus, Band of Mission Indians
Leroy Bingham, Tribal Planner Blackfeet
Robert Black, Former Director Bureau of Indian Affairs
Judith LeBlanc, Tribal Citizen Caddo of Oklahoma
Gwen Carr, Matriarch Cayuga Nation of New York
Keith Harper, Former U.S. Ambassador, DNC Native Caucus Treasure, Cherokee Nation
Mary Smith, Former Chief Ex., Indian Health Service Cherokee Nation
LaRenda Morgan, Tribal Citizen Cheyenne Arapaho
Leon Farve, Tribal Citizen Chickasaw
Dawn Houle, President/CEO Chippewa Cree
Debra Vinson, Ex. Board Member California Democratic Party, Choctaw
Chris Roberts, Councilmember City of Shoreline, Choctaw Nation of OK
Karina Walters, Professor Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Kalyn Free, National Committeewoman Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Teresa Wall, Choctaw/Pima
Paulette Jordan, DNC Native Caucus Vice Chair, Coeur d’Alene Tribe
Yvette Joseph, MSW 6th Leg. District State Committee Person Colville Confederated Tribes
LaDonna Harris, Founder & President Americans for Indian Opportunity Comanche
Laura Harris, Executive Director Americans for Indian Opportunity Comanche
Kathryn Tijerina, Board Member Comanche Nation
Alice Kassanavoid, Commissioner Chair Comanche Nation (Gaming Commission)
Ellen Swaney, Tribal Citizen Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation
Anna Whiting Sorrell Public Health Advocate Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
Debra Call, Former Knik Tribal President Dena'ina Knik Tribal Council
Debbie Nez-Manuel, DNC Committee Woman Diné - Navajo
Roxanne Fallon, Tribal Citizen Paiute Shoshone Tribe
Manilan Houle, Tribal Citizen Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Natalie ONeal, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Nevada Native Caucus Treasurer Ft Peck Assiniboine of Montana
Jacqueline Thomay, Tribal Citizen Gila River
Cindy Haida, Tribal Citizen Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Priscilla Hensley, Tribal Citizen Iñupiaq/Native village of Kotzebue
Janice Jones, Schroeder Community Member Lumbee
Rose Lowry-Townsend, Lumbee
Julie Johnson, Chair Native American Caucus, WA State Democrats Lummi
Joseph McGimpsey, WA. St. 24th L.D. State Committeeman Makah
James Baker, Community Member Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation
Patrick Suarez, Citizen Meherrin Nation
Pamala Silas, Community Member Menominee
Sarah Young Bear-Brown, Vice Chair Native Americans Caucus for Iowa Democratic Party, Meskwaki Nation
Prairie Rose Seminole, Program Manager MHA Nation
Colin Cash, Co-founder Sober Squad, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Sandi Brewster-Walker, Executive Director & Government Affairs Officer Montaukett Indian Nation (Long Island NY)
Lauren King, Attorney and Tribal Court Judge Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Richard Archambault Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Cynthia Sanders, Professor and Farmer Muscogee Creek Nation
Richard Archambault, Community Member Muskogee (Creek) & Standing Rock Sioux
Sylvia Lange, Elder Native Village of Eyak
Chuck Degnan, Secretary Native Village of Unalakleet
Ethel Branch, Founder of Navajo & Hopi Families COVID-19 Relief Fund Navajo
Kraynal Alfred, Community Member Navajo
Miranda Hoskie, Entrepreneur Navajo
Charles Galbraith, Tribal Citizen Navajo Nation
Joe Salazar, Community Member Ndee (Jicarilla Apache)
Carrie Brown, Tribal Citizen Nenana Native Village
Loretta Bullard, Retired Former President of Kawerak Inc. Nome Eskimo Community
Bunny Hatcher, Community Member Northern Cheyenne
Crystal Cavalier, President, NCDP Native American Caucus Occaneechi Band of Saponi Nation
Mercedes Krause Clark, County Nevada Native American Caucus Oglala Lakota
Kevin Killer, State Senator Oglala Lakota
Katie Fire, Thunder Activist, and Granddaughter to first female president of the Oglala Lakota Sioux, Cecilia Firethunder Oglala Lakota Sioux
Brian Garcia, VP Tempe Union HS Board Pascua Yaqui Tribe
Lucille Echohawk, Metro Denver Indian Community Leader Pawnee
Raina Thiele, Tribal Citizen Pedro Bay Village
Teresa Melendez, Vice Chair, Nevada Statewide Native American Caucus Pokagon Band Potawatomi
Jennifer Wolf, Tribal Citizen Ponca, Ojibwe, Santee
Tracy Stanhoff, Business Leader & Former Tribal Chair Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
Michelle (Macuar) Sparck, President, ArXotica Qissunamiut
Hunter Boldt, Executive Director Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
Aaron Wittnebel, State Council Member Red Lake Nation
Brian Melendez, Chair of the Nevada Statewide Native American Caucus Reno-Sparks Indian Colony
Larry Cordier, Tribal Organizer Rosebud Sioux
Christina Blackcloud, IA House District 72 Candidate Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
Alvin Warren, Former Secretary of Indian Affairs, NM, Santa Clara Pueblo
Dave Warren, Community Member Santa Clara Pueblo (tewa)
Melinda Stade, Community Member Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
Jeanette Wolfley, Special Counsel Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
Charlene Teters, Professor Emeritus, Institute of American Indian Arts Spokane Nation
Mary Kunesh-Podein, State Representative Standing Rock Lakota
Brian Cloodsby, Former Chairman, Swinomish Tribe
“ska je tah lo” Lona Wilbur, Past WSD DNC / VC 10th LD Democrats / Elder Swinomish
Ellany Kayce, Board Chair Nakani Native Program Tlingit Nation
Joanne Romero, Tribal Citizen Tohono O'odham
Diane Doctor, Tribal Citizen Tonawanda Seneca
Deborah Parker, Former Vice Chair Tulalip Tribes
Rion Ramirez, DNC Native Caucus Chair Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
Anita Fineday Former Tribal Chief Judge White Earth Nation
Jennifer Jermaine State Representative AZ LD18 White Earth Ojibwe
Keely Purscell, Tribal Activist Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
Kouslaa Kessler-Mata, Chair and Professor, Politics, University of San Francisco, yak tityu tityu Chumash
Mariana Harvey, Tribal Citizen Yakama Nation
Patricia Whitefoot, Educator/Advocate Yakama Nation
Matt Tomaskin, WA State Native Caucus Co-Chair Yakama Nation
Dawn Beauty, Tribal Citizen Yavapai-Apache
Susan Masten, Former & President National Congress of American Indians, Yurok Tribe

Over 200 Native Leaders Endorse Joe Biden for President

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