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As Election Day nears, worries about adequate access to the polls increase.
The Pasqua Yaqui Tribe in Arizona is fighting in court to restore the reservation’s only early voting station. In Alaska, the Arctic Village tribe and the League of Women’s Voters won the first round in their legal fight against the state’s new requirements for witness signatures on mail-in ballots. And a Montana judge struck down a state law against collecting absentee ballots that Native voting rights advocates say would’ve limited voting access for tribes. We’ll get the latest in the evolving landscape determining what is limiting and strengthening access for Native Americans.
Guests:
Cheryl Ann Kary (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe) – executive director of the Sacred Pipe Resource Center
Eddie Sherman (Navajo and Omaha) – communications consultant with National Urban Indian Family Coalition and partner with Hilltop Public Solutions
Herminia Frias (Pascua Yaqui Tribe) – tribal council member
Natalie Landreth (Chickasaw Nation) – senior staff attorney at the Native American Rights Fund
Break 1 music: Old School Hop (song) Cree Confederation (artist) Pakosiyimitan (album)
Break 2 music: Treaty Six and Coastal Hand Game Song (song) Fawn Wood & Dallas Waskahat (artist) Blessings (album)
