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Fort Peck Tribes Sue for Equal Voting Opportunities
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News Conference Thursday in Billings, MT to Announce New Montana Native American Voter Suppression Lawsuit
WHAT: A disturbing pattern of state and local voter suppression tactics are denying Native Americans inMontana equal access to the ballot box. A lawsuit, against multiple defendants, brought by Fort PeckTribal Members will be announced, detailing specific voter suppression efforts in Montana in clearviolation of Montana’s Constitution, laws, and Election Directive #01-2015, including precedent set…
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Pentagon to review Medals of Honor awarded for Wounded Knee massacre
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has directed the Pentagon to review 20 Medals of Honor awarded for actions during the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre, in which the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry opened fire on hundreds of Native Americans, including women and children. The effort is meant to ensure no soldiers were recognized for “conduct inconsistent with the nation’s highest…
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Fort Peck Tribal members say poll locations too far away from reservation
BILLINGS — Fort Peck tribal members said Thursday they are planning to file a lawsuit against two northeastern Montana counties because of how far away voting polls are from the reservation. The lawsuit — which hasn’t been filed yet — will ask Roosevelt and Valley counties to establish satellite polls on Fort Peck lands in…
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Removing the Stain of Wounded Knee: Members of Congress Move to Rescind Medals of Honor
Bodies frozen in the snow, a baby with five bullet wounds, small children shot at such close range their clothes and bodies were singed with gunpowder. Army general Nelson Miles was shocked by what he found at Wounded Knee. He arrived several days after the carnage, which occurred December 29, 1890. A battle-hardened Civil War veteran, he was appalled by…
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Equality remains elusive despite 20 years of Four Directions Native Vote’s work in South Dakota
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 Native voter registration drives on South Dakota’s Indian reservations. Since then, Four Directions has fought for Native voting rights across the…
Action & Impact 2022
Four Directions is a Native-led national voting rights organization dedicated to advancing equality at the ballot box across Indian Country.
Our team is on the ground in Wisconsin and Nevada throughout early voting days and election day providing Natives on remote reservations with rides to the polls! #SKOVOTEDEN
Building communication between Tribal Nations and local/state leaders in Wisconsin.
How our team took action to help one Nevada tribe fight against voter suppression – and win!
Hosting meaningful discussions between Tribal Nations and local/state leaders in Georgia.
