Edward D. Manuel is an American

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and current

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of the

Tohono Oʼodham The Tohono Oʼodham ( , ) are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native American people of the Sonoran Desert, residing primarily in the U.S. state of Arizona and the northern Mexican state of Sonora. The United States federally recognized t ...

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council. He previously served the post of the Tohono O'odham nation of

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from 1995 until 2003. He is from

Pisinemo, Arizona Pisinemo ( , ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pima County, Arizona, United States. The population was 340 as of the 2020 census. Geography The village of Pisinemo is located at (32.041078, -112.314459). The name Pisinemo is actually a ...

. Manuel was elected and took office as Chairman of the Tohono O'odham in 1995. He was re-elected for a second term in 1999, defeating challenger Vivian Juan-Saunders and her running mate, Ned Norris, Jr. Manuel, who was seeking a third term as Chairman, was defeated for re-election in May 34, 2003, in a rematch with Vivian Juan-Saunders. Juan-Saunders won 59% of the vote and eight of the eleven electoral districts in the 2003 election. In May 2015, after serving two years as a Legislative representative, along with running mate Verlon Jose, Manuel was elected to a third term as Chairman by 213 votes over incumbent Ned Norris, Jr.

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Chairpersons of the Tohono O'odham Native American leaders 21st-century Arizona politicians People from Pima County, Arizona Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Native American people from Arizona {{Arizona-politician-stub