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“We cannot allow them to take any more power away from us,” says Crystal Echo Hawk, founder and executive director of IllumiNative.
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation stands up for sovereignty (June 6, 2022)
Please vote like the future of Cherokee Nation depends on it. 
“Oklahoma is strongest when our tribes are at the table”: Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee and Seminole leaders remain united amid attacks on their sovereign rights.
Jonathan Nez, the incumbent president of the Navajo Nation, kicked off his re-election campaign over the weekend.
Voters in Alaska are facing quite the U.S. Congressional race, with four Native candidates among dozens seeking to represent their state in the nation’s capital.
‘Auntie Deb’ discusses representation at SXSW conference (March 17, 2022)
Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native person to lead the Department of the Interior, discussed equity and inclusion at the SXSW conference. 
Leader of Navajo Nation Washington Office bids farewell (March 15, 2022)
Santee Lewis, the executive director of the Navajo Nation Washington Office, announced her departure after three years on the job. 
Navajo Nation leader launches Republican bid for Congress (March 2, 2022)
Myron Lizer, the often controversial vice president of the Navajo Nation who recently declared his ‘love’ for Donald Trump, is running for U.S. Congress. 
Native America Calling: Native voters face new hurdles (February 28, 2022)
Wisconsin is the latest state to pass a slate of new voting laws that put up barriers for many voters, including Native ones. 
Montana Free Press: Western Native Voice takes up voting rights (February 17, 2022)
Digital kiosks and legal arguments are one Native nonprofit’s answer to Montana’s new election laws.
Districts with predominantly Native voters are targets as states start redrawing boundaries.
Aaron Payment / National Congress of American Indians (October 27, 2021)
Aaron Payment of the National Congress of American Indians testifies before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on October 27, 2021. 
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a business meeting on the Native American Child Protection Act and an oversight hearing titled “Voting Matters in Native Communities.”
Cronkite News: Native voting rights bill caught up in partisan debate (October 22, 2021)
The Native American Voting Rights Act will set minimum federal requirements for voting on tribal lands, including early voting, mail-in balloting, ballot collecting and ID standards. 
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation works to protect Native voting rights (September 27, 2021)
Today we continue the fight for our rights, until everyone in Indian Country can freely cast their ballot. 
President Biden revives White House Tribal Nations Summit (September 22, 2021)
Mark your calendars. The White House Tribal Nations Summit is returning after a four-year absence. 
Gaylord News: Voting rights bill addresses long-standing obstacles in Indian Country (September 17, 2021)
“There was a time, not long ago, where Indigenous people were supposed to be terminated,” said attorney Victoria Holland. 
Tim Giago: Why Native people joined the Democratic Party (August 31, 2021)
The Democratic Party gained many new members in Indian Country because of the man they called FDR. 
Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland address a meeting on Native voting rights at the White House.
South Dakota has a long and troubled history of disenfranchising Native voters.
It took over 10 years and three presidential administrations but tribes and Native activists can finally claim victory over the Keystone XL Pipeline.
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe is declaring victory for treaty rights and sacred places in an ongoing battle against the Republican governor of South Dakota.
Native America Calling: New threats to voting rights (June 2, 2021)
Native America Calling will get a look at the latest voting laws and what Native voting advocates are doing to counter them. 
Cronkite News: Native voting rights debated on Capitol Hill (May 27, 2021)
They came with studies, they came with polls, they came with statistics. But Democrats and Republicans share little common ground on voting rights. 
Montana Free Press: Indian lawmakers focus on big issues (May 21, 2021)
Voting access, Indigenous languages and bison management were the big-ticket items for the Montana Legislature’s American Indian Caucus. 
The House of Representatives voted to create a bipartisan commission to investigate the deadly January 6 insurrection at the Capitol, despite the opposition of 175 Republicans.
“I’ll fight tirelessly to represent our tribal communities and our tribes with honor,” Georgene Louis says as she seeks to fill the shoes of a fellow Pueblo trailblazer.
‘Culture. Clan. Community’: Georgene Louis for Congress (March 30, 2021)
Georgene Louis is seeking to make history as the next Native woman in Congress. Listen to her story.
Ho-Chunk Nation moves forward with off-reservation casino (March 24, 2021)
The Ho-Chunk Nation is moving forward with an off-reservation casino after securing support from the state of Wisconsin. 
Tribal nations are lining up behind a Pueblo woman in a crowded field of candidates for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District.
‘I’m not afraid’: Indicted former Mashpee leader seeks dismissal of charges (February 9, 2021)
The former chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is speaking out about his criminal corruption case as he seeks to dismiss all of the charges against him.
Native America Calling: January in the news (January 29, 2021)
What lessons are we left with from the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Donald Trump’s second impeachment and Joe Biden’s inauguration — all within the first month of 2021? 
Impeachment won’t stop Donald Trump from leaving impact on Indian Country (January 14, 2021)
The loss of the presidential election and a second impeachment aren’t stopping the Trump administration from dropping new proposals on Indian Country. 
Native America Calling: Native in the Spotlight (January 14, 2021)
Clara Pratte, a citizen of the Navajo Nation who worked on the Joe Biden presidential campaign, is Native America Calling’s Native in the Spotlight. 
Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-New Mexico), a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, has been all about Donald Trump since becoming the third Native woman to serve in Congress.
Stephen Roe Lewis: Donald Trump must be impeached (January 13, 2021)
I support all efforts to impeach and convict Donald Trump and make it impossible for him to hold this office/public office ever again.
Terry Rambler: An attack on the Native vote in the nation’s capital (January 12, 2021)
The insurrection of January 6 shows us that we have a great amount of work to do to address racism, to address inequality, and to address the abuse of power. 
The vice president of the Navajo Nation contributed to the false belief that Donald Trump could remain in office despite losing the presidential election.
Native America Calling: December in the news (December 31, 2020)
The COVID-19 pandemic and a contentious presidential election dominated the news is 2020. 
Indian Country finally sees action on diabetes program (December 28, 2020)
A program that has reduced diabetes in Indian Country has been extended for another three years, resulting in a lifetime in the age of COVID-19.
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