I have been a fan and admire of BHO since 2004 and voted for him in the Georgia primary. But it was his speech to the Crow Agency in May that solidified my absolute support for him.

Like Obama I come from a mixed background, but my maternal lineages on both sides are Native. My paternal great grandmother grew up on the Nanticoke reservation in Delaware and my maternal grandmother is of Tsalagi descent (but my ancestors where among those hid from the Trail of Tears and did not join with the Eastern band...long story). The history of my ancestors and our American experience has been ignored and relegated as a foot note in history books. Our civil and legal rights have been trounced upon longer than there has been a United States of America. The future looked as though we would slowly be forgotten. But when I heard Obama speak on how he feels about the role of the government in the way it deals with the Nations, I had a renewed hope. For the first time in American history we will have a president who not only listens to the needs of the first nations but will work to strengthen us. Let's make sure this man is elected come November 4th. Our very future as nations literally depends on it.