Abenaki Fifth Grader Speaks Out After CNN Labels Native Voters 'Something Else'
In the St. Albans Messenger, by Michael Frett
Published Nov. 19, 2020
When a CNN graphic seemingly dismissed Native American voters as “Something Else,” Sage Gould, a local 10-year-old from the Abenaki community, decided she needed to say something.
With some encouragement from a teacher, Sage wrote in a short email to the news network that the graphic had made her “feel really sad, because we were the first people of this country and we never get recognized for that.”
“Maybe next time,” Sage wrote, “you could do better and recognize all races of this country.”