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Vermillion Votes

June 6, 2008

By Tirrell Thomas and Tileena Leighton

Vermillion voters explain the importance of their vote and why they cast a ballot for their candidate in South Dakota's primary election June 3.

[EDITOR'S NOTE: This audio slideshow was a class assignment at the American Indian Journalism Institute and was originally published on AIJI: Freedom Forum Diversity Institute.]

Tirrell Thomas, Inupiaq, attends Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colo., and Teleena Leighton, Nez Perce, attends the University of Idaho in Moscow.

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