Native history shows that the right to vote can actually be a defeat instead of a victory.
This election year is also the centennial of the Indian Citizenship Act, which made #Indigenous people US citizens (sometimes against their wills), with theoretical voting rights.
#USPol #Election2024
https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-10/the-native-vote-dilemma/
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