Clinton declines Native American forum

May

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton has declined an invitation to speak at the first-ever presidential candidate forum in Indian Country, according to organizers of “Prez on the Rez” at Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in California.

And it appears as if a labor union dispute with California’s gaming tribes is one reason why, according to a story by Debra Gruszecki of The Desert Sun, the local Gannett newspaper.

Kalyn Free, president of the Tulsa-based INDN’s List Education Fund, told The Desert Sun that Clinton was invited to the Aug. 23 forum on the reservation of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians more than six months ago.

This “willingness to ignore Indian voters on the campaign trail has made it clear that she lacks the courage to change lives in Indian Country,” Free said.

Phil Singer, a spokesman for Clinton, said in a telephone interview with The Desert Sun that several factors played into Clinton’s decision.

One is, “She will not be in California that day.” The other is, “the labor issue.”

The labor union Unite HERE is opposing legislative approval of new Indian gaming deals that expand slots and the number of casinos for California tribes, including the Morongo Band of Mission Indians and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.

Singer stressed that Clinton’s decision need not reflect an unwillingness to work on behalf of Native Americans.

She has an “extensive record” in that regard, Singer said, noting Clinton’s efforts to train Native American teachers, set up the first-ever Native American forum in the Senate and co-sponsor Indian health care legislation.

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