Faith Spotted Eagle

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Faith Spotted Eagle (* 1948 in Lake Andes , South Dakota ), also Tuŋkáŋ Inážiŋ Win on Dakota , is an American activist . In the vote of the Electoral College for the United States presidential election in 2016 she became the first Indian woman in the history of the United States a voice of an option's.

Life

Faith Spotted Eagle studied counseling at American University , Black Hills State College, and the University of South Dakota . She completed her studies with a master’s degree.

In 1994 she founded the Brave Heart Society , an organization that advocates ecological justice and survivors of sexual violence and links this work with traditional Indian ceremonies.

Spotted Eagle is a lead campaigner behind the construction of the controversial Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines . She also turned to the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights as part of the protests against the two construction projects , as she said they had assaulted and abused Indians.

politics

Faith Spotted Eagle is a member of the Democratic Party . In 2006 she took part in the Democratic primary for candidacy in the 21st District for the election of the House of Representatives of South Dakota . She received 735 votes (26 percent).

In the 2016 US presidential election , she received a vote from faithless elector Robert Satiacum at Electoral College . She is the first Indian woman to have a vote in Electoral College for president. Satiacum had been elected for the Democratic Party in Washington and should actually have voted for Hillary Clinton . Besides him, three other electors from Washington voted not for Clinton but for Colin Powell . For vice president, Satiacum chose Winona LaDuke , an environmental activist who is a member of the Green Party , rather than Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine .

Spotted Eagle is the first woman in US history, alongside Hillary Clinton, to receive a vote for President of Electoral College.

Private

Faith Spotted Eagle is a member of the Yankton Sioux tribe. She lives in her native Lake Andes and is the mother of two children. She speaks Dakota fluently .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Prefiled testimony of Faith Spotted Eagle , on puc.sd.gov (accessed: January 14, 2017)
  2. ↑ a b c Who is Faith Spotted Eagle? , on kurier.at, December 21, 2016 (accessed: January 14, 2017)
  3. ↑ How Faith Spotted Eagle became the first Native American to win an electoral vote for president , on latimes.com, December 20, 2016 (accessed: January 14, 2017)
  4. ↑ a b Who is Faith Spotted Eagle? , on inverse.com, December 19, 2016 (accessed: January 14, 2017)
  5. ↑ 2006 South Dakota Primary Election Data , on sdsos.gov (accessed January 14, 2017)
  6. ↑ Who is Faith Spotted Eagle? The Native American tribal leader with one electoral vote for president , on ibtimes.co.uk, December 19, 2016 (accessed: January 14, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Spotted Eagle, Faith
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Win, Tunkan Inajin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American activist
DATE OF BIRTH 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Lake Andes , South Dakota