TY - JOUR
T1 - American Indian tribal government support of office-seekers
T2 - Findings from the 1994 election
AU - Corntassel, Jeff J.
AU - Witmer, Richard C.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: Fundingf or the survey was provided by a grant from the Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute at the University of Arizona. The authors wish to thank Nancy Henkle at SBSRI for all of her help in getting the project off the ground. This article is a revised version of a paper originally presented at the 1995 Western Political Science Association Meeting. The authors also wish to thank David Wilkins and Maggie Murdock for their comments on an earlier version of this article.
Copyright:
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PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - How and why do American Indian tribal governments support political office-seekers? Using results from an extensive survey of tribal governments in Arizona and Oklahoma, our findings suggest that issues, rather than cultural ties or political party affiliation, are the primary impetus for American Indian tribal government support of candidates. Additionally, we examine several ways in which American Indians support candidates for office other than voting. This includes official endorsement, financial contributions, get out the vote efforts (GOTV), and volunteering for a candidate. Ultimately, our findings begin to uncover how and why American Indian tribal governments seek to influence the political process in the current era of evolving "government-to-government" relationships.
AB - How and why do American Indian tribal governments support political office-seekers? Using results from an extensive survey of tribal governments in Arizona and Oklahoma, our findings suggest that issues, rather than cultural ties or political party affiliation, are the primary impetus for American Indian tribal government support of candidates. Additionally, we examine several ways in which American Indians support candidates for office other than voting. This includes official endorsement, financial contributions, get out the vote efforts (GOTV), and volunteering for a candidate. Ultimately, our findings begin to uncover how and why American Indian tribal governments seek to influence the political process in the current era of evolving "government-to-government" relationships.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0362-3319(97)90009-4
DO - 10.1016/S0362-3319(97)90009-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031539456
VL - 34
SP - 511
EP - 525
JO - Social Science Journal
JF - Social Science Journal
SN - 0362-3319
IS - 4
ER -