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Despite the high percentage of Native Americans, only two Indian-preferred candidates have been elected in over two decades. That record prompted Pearl Cottier and Rebecca Three Stars, both members of the Oglala Sioux tribe, to file a lawsuit against the city, arguing that the voting system dilutes the voting power of Native Americans.

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"Stunningly enough," says Mike Davis, "classical social theory, whether Marx, Weber, or even Cold War modernization theory, none of it anticipated what's happened to the city over the last 30 or 40 years. None of it anticipated the emergence of a huge class, mainly of the young, who live in cities, have no formal connection with the world economy, and no chance of ever having such a connection."

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