Juarez elected first Indigenous Seattle City Council head
SEATTLE (AP) — Council member Debora Juarez has been elected president of the Seattle City Council, making her the first Indigenous president in the council’s history.
The nine-person council voted unanimously during its first meeting of 2022 to elect Juarez, a member of the Blackfeet Nation, The Seattle Times reported.
Council member Lisa Herbold, who was also vying for the position, co-nominated Juarez as president, “stepping aside” to support Juarez as council president for 2022 and 2023.
“When discussing the council presidency with council member Juarez, she told me about the Blackfoot Confederacy model of kinship, and acknowledgment of our humanity and the source of our power to thrive together,” Herbold said.
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