The Committee on House Administration’s Subcommittee on Elections visited the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation to learn about voting rights and election administration in North and South Dakota. On April 19, 2019, OJ Semans, Co-Executive Director of Four Directions Native submitted written testimony to the hearing about the barriers Native Americans face in trying to access the ballot box. Read his testimony below.
Other people also gave written or spoken statements at the hearing, including Ruth Buffalo, North Dakota House of Representatives; Jacqueline De León, Native American Rights Fund; Alysia LaCounte, on behalf of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa; Donita Loudner, former Buffalo County Commissioner; Myra Pearson, Spirit Lake Tribe; Peri Pourier, South Dakota House of Representatives; Prairie Rose Seminole, Community Organizer; Charles Walker, Councilman at Large, on behalf of Standing Rock Sioux Tribe; and Roger White Owl, Chief Executive Office, on behalf of Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nation.
Click here for more details about the hearing on the Committee on House Administration’s website.
