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- Title
A Case Study of Descriptive Representation: The Experience of Native American Elected Officials in South Dakota.
- Authors
SCHROEDEL, JEAN REITH; ASLANIAN, ARTOUR
- Abstract
The article focuses on Native American representation in government in South Dakota as elected public officials. It states that after U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibits racial discrimination in voting and secured voting rights for racial minorities, numbers of African American and Latino elected officials increased.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SOUTH Dakota; NATIVE Americans; PUBLIC officers; REPRESENTATIVE government; NATIVE American tribal governments; VOTING Rights Act of 1965 (U.S.); MINORITY voting rights; SOUTH Dakota state politics &; government; RACE discrimination
- Publication
American Indian Quarterly, 2017, Vol 41, Issue 3, p250
- ISSN
0095-182X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5250/amerindiquar.41.3.0250