Today’s Strib: A town square for the 21st century – A new series of blogs on our website taps into the collective wisdom of the community.
They call it YourVoices and Laura Waterman Wittstock is one of the bloggers. Her first blog post was Dec. 16 and is titled Obama and the Indians.
So now that the election is over and Obama has visited more Indian reservations than any presidential candidate since probably Bobbie Kennedy, what will happen to elevate the issues and visibility of America’s smallest minority? Well, yesterday Obama appointed Wizipan Garriot as First Americans Public Liaison – a new position in the Obama transition team. Obama has underscored a "nation to nation" new relationship with tribes.
Although no one is saying what this means, it is a step never taken before. There are now seven American Indians on the transition team: John Echohawk, Keith Harper, Robert Anderson, Mary Smith, Mary McNeil, and Yvette Robideaux.
