Hundreds of the requests asked for government employees’ communications with civil rights and voting rights groups, including the ACLU; the Native American Rights Fund; Rock the Vote; and Fair Count, an organization founded by Stacey Abrams. propublica.org/article/have-g…

Illustrates reality for Fort Peck voters when you have to travel to the most remote place in the Lower 48 to argue your constitutional right to vote is impeded by the fact you live too far to access the ballot box based on distance, time and cost. #mtpol #mtnews #votersuppression

A court hearing in Glasgow will determine the fate of satellite voting on the Fort Peck Reservation. Last month, members of the Fort Peck Tribes said a lack of satellite election offices on the reservation was causing voter suppression. bit.ly/3YfqguL

Fort Peck satellite voting lawsuit enters settlement negotiations krtv.com/neighborhood-n…

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After an Idaho state Senator told a Nez Perce politician to go back where she came from, the Nez Perce Tribe issued a statement” “we have been here for tens of thousands of years.” krem.com/article/news/l…

Wrongdoing is rampant at many Chinese-owned marijuana farms, where immigrants are often so fearful of retribution that they do not cooperate with investigations, according to law enforcement officials, court cases, human rights advocates and workers. propublica.org/article/mariju…

Businessman and former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy has collected plenty of wealthy backers as he tries to unseat Sen. Jon Tester, the most vulnerable member of the Democratic caucus. trib.al/gySjyAb trib.al/gySjyAb

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1. A Texas county has reclassified a public library book on the abuse of Native Americans as "fiction" The move comes after the county government excluded librarians from reviewing challenges to children's books Follow this thread for details 🧵

For Indigenous Peoples' Day this year, the Up First newsletter is recognizing the work NPR's member stations do to uplift Indigenous voices. npr.org/2024/10/11/g-s…

Voting Matters Talibah Begay, a Native American recording artist and cultural consultant from Northern Navajo, says, "We are still here, and our vote matters." Navajo Times | Nicholas House

17 states recognize today as Indigenous Peoples Day. Yet Montana - home to 12 Native American tribes and 7 reservations - is not among them. Lawmakers have brought bills to recognize #IndigenousPeoplesDay, but the legislation has consistently failed. missoulian.com/news/local/ind…

Montana is home to 12 tribes. Why doesn't the state recognize Indigenous Peoples Day? dlvr.it/TFLCg2

And Donald Trump deteriorates, as he did during a Monday town hall that turned into a dance party, extremists like J.D. Vance and the gang behind Project 2025 edge closer to power. trib.al/325fh2P

A federal judge (who was appointed to the bench by Trump) has ordered Alabama to reverse a program purging more than 3,000 names from voter rolls. Judge Anna Manasco says Secretary of State Wes Allen "blew the deadline when he announced a purge program to begin 84 days" before

Kaitlan Collins Montana's SoS did the same thing--- the overwhelming majority of Native voters who live ON the reservation had their status changed to inacitve, therefore making the signatures for ballot initiatives invalid. Thank GOD for our court system who made her stop.

We are on a path toward an historic election for Native Americans and Alaska Natives. This graphic shared with the Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council details the many chapters of this unfolding story. When we vote we are heard. When we unite we are formidable. #NativeVote2024