'Everybody has a right to speak for their people': Harold Frazier at #NCAIAnnual19

Wednesday, October 23, 2019  

Video by Kevin Abourezk

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico -- “Everybody has a right to speak for their people," Harold Frazier, the chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, says as he makes a second run for president of the National Congress of American Indians, the largest inter-tribal advocacy organization in the United States.

"I ran for NCAI President in 2017 and was defeated, however, I did not give up and I did not sit back, I continued to fight!" Frazier states in a campaign flyer.

Learn more about Frazier and his vision in our Indianz.Com video as NCAI prepares to elect a new set of leaders during its 76th annual convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Candidate speeches take place on Wednesday, to be followed by voting on Thursday.

The winning candidates will be sworn in on Friday, the final day of the convention.

Nominations are now open for president of the National Congress of American Indians! First to be nominated is Harold Frazier, chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe. He was nominated by Clinton Lageson from the Kenaitze Tribe. @CRSTChairman #NCAIAnnual19 @NCAI1944 pic.twitter.com/ceO4fyUDZs

— indianz.com (@indianz) October 23, 2019

Harold Frazier from Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe tells the National Congress of American Indians: “If I’m elected NCAI President, culture will run NCAI not corporations. It will be run by members not funders. Your voices will be heard.” #NCAIAnnual19 @CRSTChairman pic.twitter.com/6F3Sy9RCdM

— indianz.com (@indianz) October 23, 2019

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