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Tester campaign plans seven-figure push to bring out Montana tribal voters
There could be as many as 60,000 votes at stake, and Democrats intend to get them to the polls in November. Montana Democrats launched a million-dollar voting initiative Monday that will work to turn out Montana’s tribal voters for Jon Tester in his toughest Senate race yet. Native American voters have been helping the Democratic…
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Inter-Organization Collaboration Brings OJ Semans and Stacey Abrams Together Again
Four Directions Native Vote Co-Executive Director OJ Semans was recently appointed to the Board of Power Forward Communities. Power Forward Communities was created through a partnership with Rewiring America, Enterprise Community Partners, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, United Way, and Habitat for Humanity to promote affordable residential decarbonization and electrification. Stacey Abrams, a voting rights activist…
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More precipitation, more drought: Rosebud Sioux Tribe to implement climate adaptation plan
A pickup truck drives along a gravel road in front of badlands formations in southwestern South Dakota. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) Steam rose from snow puddles hours after melting across southwestern South Dakota over Easter weekend. Deer are changing their migration patterns because of drought; magpies have nearly disappeared from the prairie, Native American elders…
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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…
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Wisconsin Native voters go to the polls in historic numbers after Four Directions Native Vote forum and get-out-the-vote efforts
In the wake of the 2022 midterm elections, Wisconsin was in the public eye. During early 2023, a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court was open. The winner would serve a 10-year term on the seven Justice bench. Four Directions Native Vote knew that First Americans would be instrumental in deciding this election. In 2020,…
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Four Directions Native Vote helps secure polling place on Yomba Shoshone Reservation: ‘They empowered us’
The Yomba Shoshone Tribe was cast to the wayside by Nye County Election Clerk Brian Kampf ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. In July, months before the election, the tribe filed a request for a polling place on the reservation to facilitate fair and equal access to voting opportunities. Wayne Dyer, Chairman of the Yomba…
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.