DETERMINE WHICH PARTY WINS THE
WHITE HOUSE.
NBC HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: AT THE NAVAJO
NATION PARADE IN WINDOW ROCK,
ARIZONA, POLITICIANS OUT IN
FULL FORCE TO COURT THE NATIVE
AMERICAN VOTE.
IN 2020, THEIR VOTE WAS
PIVOTAL.
ARIZONAIS NS ON RESERVATION
CAST A RECORD NUMBER OF
BALLOTS.
PRESIDENT BIDEN PICKED UP
NEARLY 70% OF THE VOTE ON
NEARLY EVERY PRECINCT IN THE
NAVAJO AND HOPI RESERVATION.
>> YOU’RE LIVING OUT HERE AND
YOU HAVE TO HAUL WATER, AND YOU
USUALLY HAVE TO TRAVEL 45
MILES.
>> SO IF YOU’RE LOOKING AT GAS
PRICES THAT ARE OUT OF CONTROL,
IT’S GOING TO CRIPPLE YOU.
>> Reporter: THE HARRIS
CAMPAIGN ALSO AT THE PARADE.
EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF
WOMEN IN TRIBAL CULTURES.
>> VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HONOR
AND WE RESPECT WOMEN.
>> Reporter: AND HOPING IT
GARNERS SUPPORT FOR VICE
PRESIDENT HARRIS.
>> PEOPLE SAY WOMEN ARE NOT
SUPPOSED TO BE LEADERS.
WE ALREADY HAVE IN THAT OUR CULTURE, IN OUR STORY.
>> Reporter: ALSO PRESENT AT
THE PARADE WITH CONGRESSMAN
RUBIN GALLEGOS.
>> Reporter: JUST LAST YEAR I
INTRODUCED THE BADGES ACT.
IT HELPS TRIBAL COMMUNITIES
HIRE TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
>> CARE RI LAKE HITTING ON
IMMIGRATION.
>> IT IS AN INSULT TO THE GOOD
PEOPLE ON NAVAJO NATION THAT
PEOPLE ARE POURING ACROSS OUR
BORDER AND THEY’RE GETTING MORE
HELP THAN THE PEOPLE ON THE
NAVAJO NATION.
>> Reporter: BY FAR THE MOST
POPULAR WAS FORMER NAVAJO
NATION PRESIDENT JONATHAN.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE BRING
TO THE TABLE IS THE EXPERIENCE
OF DEALING WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
>> Reporter: A DEMOCRAT RUNNING
TO BECOME ARIZONA’S FIRST
INDIGENOUS CONGRESSMAN.
MANY TELLING NBC NEWS THAT BOTH
PARTIES AREN’T DOING ENOUGH.
>> THEY’RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION
TO IT.
>> IT SEAMS LEW LIKE IT DOESN’T
REALLY MATTER TO THEM.