In December, U.S. courts denied a barrage of legal requests that, if granted, would have allowed North Dakota to continue to illegally dilute votes cast by Native people.
August 23, 2023 photo from the settlement conference, front row from left to right: Nellie Thomas, Anecia Toyukak, and Mike Toyukak. Back row from left to right: Megan
North Dakota has a long and ongoing history of discrimination against Native Americans, including denying Native voters an equal voice in the state’s elections.