January 15, 2010

DFL candidates for Minnesota governor in Bemidji for forum on Native American issues

Tom Robertson - Reporter, Peggy Flanagan - Interviewee

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MPR’s Tom Robertson reports on DFL candidates for Minnesota governor participating in Bemidji forum on Native American issues. Report includes comments from Peggy Flanagan, director of Wellstone Action’s Native American Leadership program.

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TOM ROBERTSON: More than 100 people turned out for the event at Bemidji State University. The candidates rotated between nine discussion groups, fielding questions on tribal sovereignty, Indian Gaming, education, health care, and crime on the reservations. Peggy Flanagan is director of Wellstone Action's Native American Leadership Program, one of the forum's sponsors. Flanagan says this is the first time a cross-tribal governor candidate forum has been held, focusing on Native American issues.

PEGGY FLANAGAN: So often we have candidates who come to Indian country a couple of weeks, a couple of days, before the election, and it's January, and we're having intense conversations with the candidates about Native American issues, and we're going to hold them accountable through the rest of the election cycle.

TOM ROBERTSON: Organizers say Republican candidates were invited but declined to participate. Tom Robertson, Minnesota Public Radio news, Bemidji.

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