Sources & Definitions

A nonpartisan, nonprofit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States"

Refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment

A person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference

Meeting of delegates of the democratic party at the national level to select candidates for office and to decide party policy

Requires that official documents (usually ballots) are available in the language of a minority group as well as in English

Advocating for certain changes in government by working directly with officials

Places outside of normal polling stations where people can vote before election day

Delegates to party conventions that are automatically given a seat based on their status in the party

The term used to describe Indian-owned gambling operations

A band of Chippewa now centered in northern Minnesota. There are seven Chippewa reservations in Minnesota