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Friday, February 22, 2008

San Ildefonso Women

From the Santa Fe New Mexican comes the story of a leadership dispute at this Pueblo and a little detail about women and tribal elections:   

A leadership controversy at San Ildefonso Pueblo is resulting in new ties between members of pueblo groups that have been at odds for the past century and could result in San Ildefonso women gaining the right to vote in pueblo elections, tribal council members said Thursday. (...)

[Councilman Terrance] Garcia said San Ildefonso is governed by a general council, which includes all male tribal members over the age of 18. That council elects tribal officers and a 13-member tribal council. Long-standing differences between traditional groups on opposite sides of the pueblo have complicated the process in recent years, Garcia said.  (...)

"Most men do consult with their ladies and their women to get a clear grasp of what the pueblo needs. Hopefully, in the next few years, this pueblo will go the route of letting women vote," Garcia said.

Presumably they let women and ladies vote in National elections, right?   

 

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