Rock the Indigenous Vote: Treaty Chiefs, grassroots mobilization and the fight for Indigenous voices

By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News Cara Currie-Hall, a political organizer from Montana First Nation in Maskwacis, Treaty 6 territory, is the founder of Rock the Indigenous Vote. Her experience in political organizing includes serving as chief of staff to former Assembly of First Nations National Chief Matthew Coon Come and helping mobilize Native American voters during Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.