Native American advocates criticize new election laws as civil rights group...
South Dakota’s Legislature passed 19 election-related bills over the winter, but Native American voting rights advocates say none of the bills addressed their concerns about voter suppression....
View ArticleAchieving Electoral Equity After Brnovich: A Case Study of Native Activism in...
Four Directions Native Vote’s work in Nevada during the 2022 Midterm election cycle was recently featured in a research paper by Claremont Graduate University Professor of Political Science Dr. Jean...
View ArticleFour Directions Native Vote finds great success in Elko County during 2022...
The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation were facing grossly unequal voting opportunities going into the 2022 midterm elections. The majority white residents of Elko, NV had...
View ArticleFour Directions Native Vote helps secure polling place on Yomba Shoshone...
The Yomba Shoshone Tribe was cast to the wayside by Nye County Election Clerk Brian Kampf ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. In July, months before the election, the tribe filed a request for a...
View ArticleWisconsin Native voters go to the polls in historic numbers after Four...
In the wake of the 2022 midterm elections, Wisconsin was in the public eye. During early 2023, a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court was open. The winner would serve a 10-year term on the seven...
View ArticleEquality remains elusive despite 20 years of Four Directions Native Vote’s...
Native Americans still do not have equal access to the ballot box in South Dakota. Four Directions Native Vote got its start in 2002 when Rosebud Sioux Tribal members Oliver and Barb Semans organized...
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More precipitation, more drought: Rosebud Sioux Tribe to implement climate...
A pickup truck drives along a gravel road in front of badlands formations in southwestern South Dakota. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) Steam rose from snow puddles hours after melting...
View ArticleInter-Organization Collaboration Brings OJ Semans and Stacey Abrams Together...
Four Directions Native Vote Co-Executive Director OJ Semans was recently appointed to the Board of Power Forward Communities. Power Forward Communities was created through a partnership with Rewiring...
View ArticleTester campaign plans seven-figure push to bring out Montana tribal voters
There could be as many as 60,000 votes at stake, and Democrats intend to get them to the polls in November. Montana Democrats launched a million-dollar voting initiative Monday that will work to turn...
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Montana’s Tribal Voters Could Determine the Makeup of the Senate
Following a major turnout dip in 2022, Native American voters are now a key target in the Montana Senate race, where their votes could make or break Jon Tester’s chances of heading back to the Hill.....
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