Young tribal citizens barred from holding office

For the last few election cycles I have worked with a team of writers to select the candidates that the we felt were appropriate to endorse on behalf of the paper. During the Democratic primary I endorsed Bernie Sanders, but when he failed to win the nomination, I opted to sit back and observe.

What has intrigued me the most about this year's election is the way so many people from my generation have openly employed the use of social media to impact the Oglala Sioux Tribal elections. Our generation was the first to grasp the power of social media as it it came to fruition during our high school and college years. The people behind the Oglala Lakota Next Generation organization provided voters with an unprecedented level of access to candidates using Facebook's live feed to broadcast debates. It was the first time ever that our people watched tribal candidates debate live on their mobile devices in real time.

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