Growing ranks
Indian caucus gains members

 
The Oklahoman Editorial
Published: February 13, 2007

A Tulsa -based Indian political advocacy group endorsed four candidates for the Legislature in 2006. All are Democrats . All won.

But they represent only a fraction of the Indians in the Legislature, where the Native American Caucus has grown from 11 members last year to 18. The reason the advocacy group didn't endorse more candidates is that it's not so much interested in electing Indians as it is in swelling t...


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