Who is Winona LaDuke?
Winona LaDuke is a Native American activist and former political candidate. She is a member of the Mississippi Band Anishinaabeg, of the Anishinaabekwe (Ojibwe) tribe. She is best known in the general public as the Vice Presidential candidate for Ralph Nader in the Green Party during the 1996 and 2000 elections. In both 2004 and 2008, however, she endorsed the Democratic candidates for president, John Kerry and Barack Obama. Winona LaDuke was born to a Native American father and a Jewish mother in Los Angeles in 1959. She was raised in Ashland, Oregon, and attended Harvard University, earning a degree in rural economic development. She then went to the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota. The White Earth Indian Reservation, also known as Gaa-waabaabiganikaag, is the largest reservation in the state. Although sometimes identified as a Chippewa or Ojibwe reservation, most residents prefer to identify as Anishinaabe. Originally, White Earth was some 1,300 square miles (3,400 sq. km) in s
