Asiba Tupahache is a Matinecoc Nation Native American

Native Americans in the United States

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 activist from New York

New York

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 and was a vice presidential candidate in the 1992 election

United States presidential election, 1992

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 on Peace and Freedom Party

Peace and Freedom Party (United States)

The Peace and Freedom Party is a minor political party in California. Its first candidates appeared on the ballot in 1966, but the national party was officially founded in 1967 as a left-wing organization opposed to the Vietnam War. The party nominated Ralph Nader for President in the 2008 U.S...

 ticket, accompanying Ronald Daniels. Born in Long Island, New York, she is a former public school teacher, an advocate of homeschooling

Homeschooling

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, and a mother of two. She authored the book Taking Another Look and its accompanying audiocassette, and is the editor and publisher of The Spirit of January Reflection, formerly titled The Spirit of January Monthly.