Protections for Native American Voting Rights Included In Proposed John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
On Tuesday, October 5, 2021, the Senate introduced a modified John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (S.4), which now...
Civil Rights (Voting Rights, Juries, Census)
Addressing Barriers to Native American Voting Rights: A Tribal-Federal Roundtable Discussion (Oct. 5)
On Oct. 5, 2021, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) invited...
Tribal Consultation on Protecting the Native American Vote
From the White House: On March 7, 2021, the President issued an Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting. The...
Support for the Native American Voting Rights Act
Last week, in a bipartisan effort to address the unique obstacles faced by Native American voters, Senator Ben Ray Luján...
South Dakota Failing to Offer Voter Registration
On July 8, 2021, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and Oglala Sioux Tribe amended their complaint to include additional plaintiffs against...
Supreme Court Decision Fails to Protect Native American Voting Rights
UPDATE: On July 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court released a decision in Brnovich v. DNC that upheld two Arizona...
Anniversary of the Indian Citizenship Act, June 2, 1924
On June 2, 1924, in exchange for the right to tax Native people, the U.S. government unilaterally extended U.S. citizenship...
Voting Rights Working Group on Voter Suppression Efforts
Protecting Against the Onslaught of Voter Suppression Efforts in the States: A Statement from the Voting Rights Working Group As...
New Montana Laws Restrict Native Voter Participation
On May 17, 2021, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), American Civil Liberties Union, and ACLU of Montana challenged two...
Bring the Voices and Values of Native Americans to the Table
As Americans, whether we live in the shadow of the Rockies, the Mississippi watershed, or anywhere else in this country,...
