{"id":529968,"date":"2026-05-14T00:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T05:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=529968"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:24:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T03:24:44","slug":"native-america-callling-native-american-voting-rights-advocates-brace-for-diminished-native-power-at-the-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/14\/native-america-callling-native-american-voting-rights-advocates-brace-for-diminished-native-power-at-the-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Native American voting rights advocates brace for diminished Native power at the polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Thursday, May 14, 2026<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">\r\nNative American voting rights advocates brace for diminished Native power at the polls\r\n<\/div>\r\nThe U.S. Supreme Court has, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/narf.org\/callais-decision\/\">words of the Native American Rights Fund<\/a>, diluted Native Americans\u2019 \u201cability to secure good schools, adequate infrastructure, health care access, environmental protections, and economic opportunity.\u201d \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nLouisiana is moving fast to redraw voting districts to further minimize the political power of Native Americans and other minorities. Other states are preparing similar changes in the wake of the decision.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe High Court\u2019s recent invalidation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act follows the 2013 decision striking down the Act\u2019s Section 5. That eliminates the most powerful tools Native voters had in challenging the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/groups\/crsj\/resources\/human-rights\/archive\/how-native-american-vote-continues-be-suppressed\/\">long history of demonstrated efforts to exclude Native voices<\/a> from political dialogue. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTune in to examine the looming implications of the Court\u2019s decisions and examine the strategies Native voting advocates have going forward. Also, discuss some important indicators for Native candidates in pivotal races, including the potential for history to be made in the upcoming Midterm Elections.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/14\/native-america-callling-native-american-voting-rights-advocates-brace-for-diminished-native-power-at-the-polls\/supremecourt-52\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-529971\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" data-attachment-id=\"529971\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/05\/14\/native-america-callling-native-american-voting-rights-advocates-brace-for-diminished-native-power-at-the-polls\/supremecourt-52\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/14\/SupremeCourt.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"U.S. Supreme Court\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;U.S. Supreme Court&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Photo by Indianz.Com &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/&quot;&gt;(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/14\/SupremeCourt.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/14\/SupremeCourt.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Supreme Court\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-529971\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Photo by Indianz.Com <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nPatty Ferguson-Bohnee (Pointe-au-Chien), professor of law at Arizona State University and Native Vote Election Protection coordinator for the State of Arizona\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nTorey Dolan (Choctaw), assistant professor of law at the University of Wisconsin Law School\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nSamantha Blencke, senior staff attorney with the Native American Rights Fund\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nMark Trahant (Shoshone-Bannock), journalist and former editor of ICT\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nMarjorie Childress, managing editor of New Mexico In Depth\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<img src=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A voting rights decision from the U.S. Supreme Court is raising alarms among Native advocates and politicians.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":529971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,1,14],"tags":[6667,42,56,7449,1375,7450,3931,243,8,133,55,3694,2133,47,134,7448,84,7447,177,408],"class_list":["post-529968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law","category-national","category-politics","tag-6667","tag-arizona","tag-elections","tag-ihc","tag-louisiana","tag-marjorie-childress","tag-mark-trahant","tag-media","tag-narf","tag-native-america-calling","tag-native-vote","tag-new-mexico-in-depth","tag-patty-ferguson-bohnee","tag-race","tag-radio","tag-samantha-blenkce","tag-supreme-court","tag-torey-dolan","tag-voting-rights","tag-wisconsin","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/14\/SupremeCourt.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-2dRS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529968"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":537001,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529968\/revisions\/537001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}