About this episode

Chris James discusses his historic congressional campaign and its significance for Native American representation in Arizona.

Chris James, president and CEO of the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development, discusses his historic congressional campaign and why it’s significant for a Native American to represent Arizona in Congress for the first time. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

People in this episode

Host: Tavis Smiley

Guest: Chris James

Topics covered

• congressional campaign
• Native American representation
• politics
• Arizona
• historical significance

Keywords

• Chris James
• congress
• Native American
• Arizona
• politics
• campaign

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development

Places: Arizona

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