A perspective I haven't been exposed to all that much- I appreciated this reporting. Not necessarily all that fair and balanced (what about McCain and Hilliary's positions on Native Americans?).

This is, in my opinion, a somewhat rosy and simplistic picture of the relationship between Barack Obama and the Native American populations. No contrary viewpoint is presented, and Kirsch does not go beyond quoting Obama and some generally pro-Obama Native Americans. I submit this piece partly because report on Native Americans and the US presidential election is virtually non-existent in the MSM at the moment; partly in the hope of stimulating other better submissions on the topic.

Clean 2.5 min video spot on Obama's Native American support.

This is a good report, but there are also many Native Americans still holding the attitude that all the politicians have always lied to the Indian and have taken the valuable lands, stuck people on reservations with promises of aid that never came. These people are saying that there is little value in voting since one is as bad as another. If Obama can overcome that and then actually do something for this neglected segment of our society, he will be treasured and honored for a long time.

Personal, touching, promising.

It's an ok piece, but it only shows a small slice of the Native American story. The timing is good though in regards to the S. Dakota primaries, and hopefully there would be some follow up with the tribes of the Dakota's. It's a difficult story as in other cases where the Casino's have come to the reservations, this has helped to raise them out of poverty, but at what cost? I'd like to see some of that as part of this story.