Ralph Nader, running on the Green Party ticket, announced ten years ago this week that Native American activist Winona LaDuke would again be his vice-presidential running mate.
During the 1996 campaign, LaDuke, who is best known for her activism on American Indians’ economic and environmental issues, proposed a constitutional amendment to provide protection for certain kinds of natural resources for seven generations.
“She is a very accomplished person,” said Nader in announcing his choice on Fox News Sunday.
La Duke, who currently serves as executive director of both the Honor the Earth and White Earth Land Recovery Project, endorsed Democratic nominee John Kerry — one of Nader’s opponents — during the 2004 presidential campaign.
A graduate of Harvard, the forty-year-old LaDuke was a farmer and author from the White Earth Indian Reservation in northwestern Minnesota. She’s also the founder of the White Earth Land Recovery Project, an organization dedicated to recovering lands taken from Minnesota’s Ojibway Tribe.
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