SCOTUS RULES CONSTITUTIONALITY OF FEDERAL NATIVE AMERICAN ADOPTION LAWS
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Legislative Updates April 17, 2023
The 2023 North Dakota Legislative Session is in crunch time, when controversial or difficult billsmust be finalized and acted on. We have some important bills in this mix that will need supportor opposition. The latest this year’s session can go is May 4, but chances are it will adjournseveral days earlier than that. School LunchesStop Shaming Students. First, some good news. The bill to limit shaming students who haveunpaid school lunch debt...
ND Legislators Representing Reservation Districts
2023 Legislative Assembly District 4 (Manda Arikara Hidatsa) Sen. Jordan L. Kannianen, Stanley (R) Cell: 701-421-8813 Email: jkannianen@ndlegis.gov 4A Rep. Lisa Finley-DeVille, Manadree (D) Email: lfinleydeville@ndlegis.gov 4B Rep. Clayton Fegley, Berthold (R) Cell: 701-263-1442 Email: cfegley@ndlegis.gov District 9 (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians) Sen. Kent Weston, Sarles (R) Cell:701-370-5100 Email: kweston@ndlegis.gov 9A Rep. Jayme...
Stand-n-Vote [video]
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Are you ready for #2020? 2020 will be the first high-tech digital count Census. Followed by the 2020 Presidential Election! This is going to be a big year for Indian Country! Let's rock the count and then rock the vote! Here's a look back at some of our highlights from the 2018 midterm election. 🤩🤩🤩
North Dakota Voter ID Law Upheld by SCOTUS
NPR reports that North Dakota's Native IDs won't be accepted at polling places. Less than a month before the 2018 general election, the US Supreme Court upheld North Dakota's restrictive voter ID law invalidating most Tribal IDs from being used at polling places. Many Native American reservations, however, do not use physical street addresses. Native Americans are also overrepresented in the homeless population, according to the Urban...