Paulette E. Jordan is an American politician who served in the Idaho House of Representatives as a member of the Idaho Democratic Party from December 1, 2014, until February 14, 2018. She previously served on the Coeur d’Alene Tribal Council, its sovereign government.
A fighter for natural resources and the environment, Jordan is a member of the Coeur d’Alene community in Idaho. In 2008, she became the youngest person elected to the Coeur d’Alene Tribal Council.
In 2014, she won the race to represent Idaho’s 5th District in the Idaho House of Representatives, where she ran for a second term in 2016. In 2018, she became the first Native American woman in U.S. history to run for governor.
Today across the Americas, Native American women have continued the arduous work of preserving the environment, pushing for Indigenous rights, and representing their diverse communities in business, government, and the arts.
Source: CNBC
