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Every Election Impacts Indian County.

Every Election Matters.
Every Native Vote Counts.

Increasing Native representation in the election process is key to growing our political power. Each civic role plays a significant part in creating a better future for the next generation. And with the youngest Native voters now entering the political process,the Native vote will continue to create and inspire change.

Every Native Vote Counts

Native Get Out the Vote with NCAI

One hundred years after the signing of The Snyder Act, American Indians and Alaska Natives still face challenges with voter suppression and participation. Native voices are essential in every political race. We have seen the impact of the Native Vote on local, state, and national levels, and it is clear that every Native vote counts.

Native Vote: I Voted

About the Campaign

Native Get Out The Vote(GOTV) Campaign

The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) is pleased to announce the launch of a coordinated non-partisan national Native Get Out The Vote (GOTV) Campaign. While several valuable efforts championed by Tribal Nations and Native organizations are already occurring across Indian Country, NCAI is interested in culling together these efforts by sharing GOTV tool kits, resources, and financial support to Tribal Nations to ensure active engagement in the upcoming federal elections. 

Our GOTV work is intentionally non-partisan.  As former NCAI President Jefferson Keel (Chickasaw) used to say, "The work we do is not 'D' for Democrat or 'R' for Republican but 'I' for Indian."  Our goal is to excite our fellow American Indian and Alaska Native people to vote and to support a "Sovereignty Ticket" of key issues critical to Tribal Nations and their citizens.

We hope you will join us to help determine the outcome of the most significant election in our lifetimes.

Events

Native GOTV Webinars

Western and Southwest Regions
Western and Southwest Regions

Monday, August 26
11 a.m. PT / 12 p.m. MT


webinar-Northwest and Rocky Mountain Regions
Northwest and Rocky Mountain Regions

Monday, August 26
1 p.m. PT / 2 p.m. MT


Pacific Region
Pacific Region

Monday, August 26
4 p.m. PT


Alaska Region
Alaska Region

Tuesday, August 27
4 p.m. Alaska


Midwest, Northeast, and Southeast Regions
Midwest, Northeast, and Southeast Regions

Wednesday, August 28
12 p.m. CT / 1 p.m. ET


Great Plains, Eastern OK, and Southern Plains Regions
Great Plains, Eastern OK, and Southern Plains Regions

Wednesday, August 28
2 p.m. MT / 3 p.m. CT


Spotlight on Tribal Nations

Why Tribal Nation Elections Matter

Tribal Nations exercise their inherent right to sovereignty in multiple ways, particularly in electing their own political bodies to represent and advance their interests on and off reservations. The essence of tribal sovereignty is the ability to govern and to protect and enhance the health, safety, and welfare of tribal citizens within tribal territory. 


We know that every election is an opportunity to create change. Whether it is a local, state, or national election, Native voters help determine their grandchildrens’ futures.

 

 

574
Tribal Nations located across 35 states
334
Federally and state-recognized American Indian reservations in 2010
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Spotlight on Tribal Nations

Why Tribal Nation Elections Matter

Tribal Nations exercise their inherent right to sovereignty in multiple ways, particularly in electing their own political bodies to represent and advance their interests on and off reservations. The essence of tribal sovereignty is the ability to govern and to protect and enhance the health, safety, and welfare of tribal citizens within tribal territory. 

We know that every election is an opportunity to create change. Whether it is a local, state, or national election, Native voters help determine their grandchildrens’ futures.

Tribal Nations I Voted
574

Tribal Nations located across 35 states

334

Federally and state-recognized American Indian reservations in 2010