Many of the Native American tribes based in Oklahoma have played a role in state politics for decades, often quietly and behind the scenes. This year, many are wielding their considerable influence more openly to oppose reelection for GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt.
, both of which have turned away some moderate Republicans and independents.
“I’ve told people I will not go down in history as the governor that gives my state away,” Stitt said. “A lot of people want to paint this as an anti-Indian thing. This is not. This is a pro-Oklahoma thing.” At a recent voter registration event at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, home of the Chickasaw Nation, a steady stream of students, many of them Native American, signed up to register to vote at an event hosted in part by Rock the Native Vote. That’s a nonprofit sponsored by the Indian Methodist Church of Oklahoma that was formed in 2002. In the parking lot were cars with tribal license plates from Cherokee, Chickasaw, Comanche, Kiowa and Otoe-Missouria tribes.
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