This is the first presidential election in which four Lakota have been selected as delegates in South Dakota. The group includes one Sanders Delegate – Alli Moran (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe) and three Clinton Delegates – State Representative Shawn Bordeaux (Rosebud Sioux Tribe), Cecilia Fire Thunder (Oglala Sioux Tribe) and Lorraine Walking Eagle (Rosebud Sioux Tribe).



Four Lakota selected as S.D. Democratic Presidential Delegates

By Richie RichardsNative Sun News Staff Writer

PIERRE –– Four Lakota were voted in by South Dakota Democrats on March 12 as part of the 28 Presidential Delegates representing the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

The 28 Democrat Delegates (and four alternatives) of 2016 are among the most diverse ever elected in South Dakota, according to Michael Ewald, Communications Director of the South Dakota Democratic Party (SDDP). In a March 21 press release , SDDP Chair Ann Tomberg said, “It’s one of the most diverse Statewide Caucuses we’ve ever had. We’re really excited about the enthusiasm our delegates have to elect the next Democratic President of the United States.

This group of 28 includes one Sanders Delegate – Alli Moran (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe) and three Clinton Delegates – SD State Representative Shawn Bordeaux (Rosebud Sioux Tribe), Cecilia Fire Thunder (Oglala Sioux Tribe) and Lorraine Walking Eagle (Rosebud Sioux Tribe).

(Contact Richie Richards at staffwriter@nsweekly.com)

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