"Kevin Killer planned to follow in his father's footsteps.

He wanted to become an accountant and had begun taking college classes to that end.

Then fate intervened.

On his way home to Denver from a conference, Francis Killer died suddenly of a heart attack at a Washington, D.C., airport.

Suddenly, the world of business didn't shine so bright for Kevin.

"When he passed away, I lost that motivation to go into business," the 29-year-old Oglala Lakota said.

He decided to return to the South Dakota reservation his father once called home, a decision that set him on an altogether new course.

It is a course that finds Kevin today a rising star in his state's Democratic Party and an energetic and charismatic community organizer.

More and more this election season, Indian Country has begun to see its future leaders emerge and grasp the reins of leadership."

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