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Indigenously: The realities of the Native vote (November 23, 2020)
For Native voters, this election year has dealt us one disappointing data dilemma after another. 
COVID-19 funding dispute heads to Trump’s Supreme Court (November 3, 2020)
With the nation’s highest court stacked with even more conservative justices, tribes are once again paying close attention to a COVID-19 funding dispute they thought was over. 
The Supreme Court said the Census Bureau can stop its count of the population, a blow to tribal leaders and local advocates for underrepresented communities who said they would be hit hardest by an undercount.
With the election less than a month away, Joe Biden continues to push for Indian Country’s vote, vowing to reverse years of setbacks tribes have suffered at the hands of Donald Trump.
Here’s what supporters of Democratic presidential candiate Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris are saying about the Biden-Harris Plan for Tribal Nations
Supreme Court opens new session amid COVID-19 and controversy (October 6, 2020)
Amid growing uncertainty due to COVID-19, the U.S. Supreme Court opened its latest term as Republicans remain intent on confirming a conservative judge with virtually no experience in Indian law to the nation’s highest judicial body.
Cronkite News: Navajo Nation welcomes continued Census count (October 5, 2020)
“All Indigenous peoples have the right to be counted in the 2020 Census,” said Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez. 
Cronkite News: Tribes continue fight for accurate Census count (September 29, 2020)
The Gila River Indian Community and the Navajo Nation won a court decision extending the Census 2020 through the end of October. But the Trump administration is already appealing. 
Indian bills on House schedule for week of September 21, 2020 (September 20, 2020)
It’s a busy week for Indian Country’s legislative agenda on Capitol Hill. 
‘All out war’: Republican lawmaker slams National Congress of American Indians (September 18, 2020)
A powerful Republican lawmaker is accusing the National Congress of American Indians of engaging in “divisiveness” in connection with a bitter dispute over billions of dollars in COVID-19 relief. 
Cronkite News: Census count coming to an end amid COVID-19 (September 15, 2020)
An accurate Census count is a ‘matter of life and death’ for Indian Country, a prominent tribal leader said. 
Judge halts plan to end Census early, as Arizona, tribal responses lag (September 10, 2020)
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Census Bureau plan to end its counting a month earlier than planned, ruling in a suit joined by the Navajo Nation and Gila River Indian Community.
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