Today is Indigenous People’s Day, and to celebrate, Rock the Vote Native Style and 7th Generation is holding a celebration at Paul Bunyan Park around 3 p.m.
According to a release, political and voter participation in Native American communities has surged over the past decade.
In the 2018 midterms, two states sent the first Native American women to the U.S. Congress, and Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan became the second Native American woman to be elected to statewide executive office in U.S. history.
Rock the Vote Native Style is a Native-led campaign in Northern Minnesota to support voter education and mobilization, and empower Indigenous communities to make their voices heard in the 2020 election on critical issues like racial and climate justice.
