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FOUR DIRECTIONS is the only national organization that focuses on turning out the Native American vote cycle after cycle – a very loyal voting block that casts its ballots overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates. Because they are one of the primary groups we are looking to support this year, we asked them to participate in a Q & A with us on Balloon Juice. Joining us today from FOUR DIRECTIONS are Oliver (O.J.) Semans, Co-Executive Director, and Lewis Cohen, Finance Director. Billboard that is referred to in this discussion We asked FOUR DIRECTIONS to tell us more about their organization...

Idea of beaurocrats in washington telling them how to manage that land. the president did say that the monument status unfairly restricts grazing and hunting for local people. that is not true. that's -- all of that is still allowed in this monument. the only thing it prevents is new drilling and mining and frackiing interests, and the biggest push for this monument status came from the five tribes, the navajo, the hopi and the ute mountain nations who came together. they set aside centuries of tribal differences and came together to lobby the government of the seven chapter houses in the utah...