Native Voters and Tribal Nations Negotiate Fair Districts in Nebraska
Native voters, the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, and the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska have successfully negotiated a court approved redistricting plan with Thurston County
North Dakota Redistricting (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. Michael Howe)
The Spirit Lake Tribe, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, and several individual voters challenged North Dakota’s 2021 legislative map, as unlawfully diluting Native American voting rights. The court agreed and ordered the state to adopt a legal map by December 2023.
Continuing Efforts to Provide Language Assistance to Alaska Native Voters
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
Native Voting Rights and Language Access (Toyukak v. Dahlstrom)
Alaska Native voters and Alaska Tribes successfully sued the State of Alaska, forcing it to comply with the language assistance provisions of the Voting Rights Act and the voting guarantees of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
Samantha Kelty
Samantha Blencke Kelty is a Senior Staff Attorney with the Native American Rights Fund and Managing Attorney of its Washington, DC, office. Samantha litigates
