Elisha Thornton

Elisha Thornton is a rising senior at the Pierrepont School in Westport, Conn. He is the author of “The Sand Creek Massacre” published in the fall 2019 issue of The Concord Review. He also organized the acquisition and shipment of 30,000 units of PPE from China to the Navajo Nation to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Elisha Thornton: Native American voters could play key role in elections

2020 House Races August 8, 2020

Elisha Thornton: Native American voters could play key role in elections

As politicians, particularly Democrats, scramble to court minority voters ahead of the November election, there is still one group that — as ever — continues to be left out of the national political conversation: Native Americans.