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Nevada is the first state to extend electronic ballots to tribal members. It allows them to register and vote from their own homes, giving rural Native voters an alternative to traveling miles to their nearest polling or ballot drop-off site. It’s an idea that other states remain wary of. In Alaska, efforts to improve voting among Native voters remain elusive. Opposition from Republican state lawmakers killed a bill eliminating witness signatures on absentee ballots. On a conservative talk show, the Alaska House Speaker admitted she opposed it because it would have favored U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat and the only Alaska Native in Congress. Rep. Peltola calls it “a concerted effort to silence” Native votes. We’ll discuss progress and continuing hurdles for Native voters.

GUESTS

Mathilda Guerrero Miller (Kanaka Maoli), government relations director for Native Voters Alliance Nevada

Elveda Martinez (Walker River Paiute Tribe), voter rights activist

Michelle Sparck (Qissunamiut Tribe of Chevak), director of Get Out the Native Vote

Gabriel Di Chiara, Chief Deputy Secretary of State for Nevada

Break 1 Music: Keep Rising (song) House of Shem (artist) Keep Rising (album)

Break 2 Music: Grateful Sun (song) Mike Bern (artist)

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Republican U.S. Senate challenger Tim Sheehy is drawing fire from Montana tribal officials for comments deemed derogatory against the state’s Native American residents. A recording of the comments at a previous public appearance surfaced at the end of August. In a candidate debate, incumbent Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) called on Sheehy to apologize. In a state with 70,000 Native Americans and seven federally recognized Native reservations, how the candidates appeal to Native voters could make a difference in the outcome of a close race.

Plus, we’ll get updates on Hurricane Helene damage from North Carolina.

GUESTS

Levi Black Eagle (Apsáalooke), secretary of the Crow Tribe

Jordan James Harvill (Cherokee and Choctaw), national program director for Advance Native Political Leadership

Anthony Sequoyah (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians), secretary of operations for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

Break 1 Music: Outer Inner (song) DDAT (artist) DDAT (album)

Break 2 Music: Mr. Businessman’s Blues (song) DM Lafortune (artist) Beauty and Hard Times (album)

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The last presidential debate marked the beginning of the end for Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. What of consequence will come out of the debate between his replacement, Kamala Harris, and Donald Trump? Neither of the main party campaigns have so much as mentioned tribes and Native issues in any major public appearances. We’ll ask Native political watchers about how they think the debate propels—or hampers—the things Native voters are most concerned about.

GUESTS

Levi Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation), publisher and editor of Native News Online and Tribal Business News

Mike Stopp (Cherokee and Muscogee), CEO and president of SevenStar Holdings, LLC

Isaac Casados (Diné), secretary of the Democratic Party of New Mexico

Break 1 Music: Leadership Song (Naaí’áanii Biyiin) (song) Radmilla Cody (artist) K’é Hasin (album)

Break 2 Music: Ancestors In My Bones (song) Donita Large (artist) Ancestors In My Bones (album)

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Native America Calling was at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Ill.

Host Shawn Spruce along with National Native News anchor Antonia Gonzales and Native Vote 2024 contributor Shaun Griswold from Source NM brought you special live coverage during Thursday night’s acceptance speech by Vice President Kamala Harris.

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Vice President Kamala Harris will wrap up the Democratic National Convention, a climax to the four-day political spectacle to launch the vice president into the home stretch toward the November election. A presidential candidate for barely a month, Harris makes her best case to lead the nation for the next four years. If voters choose Harris, what could her administration mean for Native Americans? We’ll examine her record on the Indian Child Welfare Act, sovereignty, consultation, and honoring treaties. We’ll draw from her work as a U.S. senator, California attorney general, and vice president when it comes to issues important to Native Americans.

GUESTS

Chris Roberts (Choctaw), Mayor of Shoreline, Wash.

Gabriella Cázares-Kelly (member of the Tohono O’odham Nation), Pima County recorder

Robert Miguel (Ak-Chin), chairman of the Ak-Chin Indian Community

Xochitl Torres Small, Former New Mexico congresswoman

Shaun Griswold (Laguna, Zuni, and Jemez Pueblo), editor of Source New Mexico

Break 1 Music:  Get Up Stand Up (song) Bailey Wiley, Che Fu, King Kapisi, Laughton Kora, Maisey Rika & Tiki Taane (artist)

Break 2 Music: Current (song) Chuck Copenace (artist) Oshki Manitou (album)

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Donald Trump appeared in public for the first time since a serious attempt on his life. Delegates at the Republican National Convention heaped adulation on Trump as the parade of Republican voices tore into President Joe Biden’s record. What does the display of Republican values on the national scale look like to Native American voters? Can the momentum from the political spectacle inspire Native votes – and more candidates? We’ll hear arguments over what the current direction of the Republican Party means for the average Native American voter.

Watch today’s program on our YouTube Channel LIVE starting at 1 p.m. ET

GUESTS

Allen Wright (Choctaw), president and founder of the Hustings Group

Mike Stopp (Cherokee and Muscogee), CEO and president of SevenStar Holdings, LLC

Isiah Holmes, journalist with the Wisconsin Examiner

Shaun Griswold (Laguna/Zuni/Jemez), editor of Source New Mexico

Break 1 Music: Two-Sidedness (song) Samantha Crain (artist) You (Understood) (album)

Break 2 Music: Four Two-Step Songs (song) Pyawasits, Silas & Webster (artist) Wild Rice: Songs From The Menominee Nation (album)