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‘Happy days are here again’
Indian Country celebrates election of Joe Biden as president
Monday, November 9, 2020
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BLACK LIVES MATTER PLAZA — Just five months after Donald Trump forcefully cleared peaceful protesters from a historic church here in the nation’s capital, Americans from all walks of life came together to celebrate the election of Democrat Joe Biden as president.
The scene at the St. John’s Church was the complete opposite of the terror that had been inflicted by the outgoing occupant of the White House.
Tear gas, rubber bullets and police in riot gear were replaced by relief and joy as thousands of people descended on the streets of Washington, D.C., after the 2020 presidential race was called on Saturday morning.
“Happy days are here again,” Frances Kraus, an 88-year-old Tlingit elder, told Indianz.Com amid the celebration.
Though Kraus is originally from Kake, a predominantly Native community in Alaska, she cast her vote for for Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris in D.C., where she currently resides. But before she joined thousands of others in the streets, she eagerly informed her people back home about the outcome of the closely-watched race. “I called people in Alaska to let them know,” Kraus said. Accounting for the time difference of four hours, it was still early morning in Kake when the crowds began to gather in Washington. Proudly sporting an “Alaska” cap, Kraus was confident that her fellow Tlingit voters, many of whom are served by the Organized Village of Kake, were happy about the results too. And she was right: 57.2 percent of voters in her community supported Biden and Harris, according to unofficial results from the state division of elections. “I’m smiling under this,” Kraus said from beneath her COVID-19 face covering.The heart of the celebration in the nation’s capital is Black Lives Matter Plaza. #SomethingElse #SomethingElseHeritageMonth pic.twitter.com/hsDc64agVy
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According to CNN, which was the first media outlet to call the race at around 11:24am Eastern on Saturday, Biden has secured at least 270 electoral votes. The number needed to win the presidency is 270. Ballots are still being counted in a handful of states. But observers do not see the results changing the outcome in a manner that would tip the race to Trump, who will have only served one term in office. The next president will be inaugurated in the nation’s capital on January 20, 2021."We can and did make the difference in this election”: The Midwest Alliance of Sovereign Tribes cites the power of the #NativeVote as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris head to the White House. @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris #SomethingElse #SomethingElseHeritageMonth https://t.co/pzZMpzaWCr
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