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Some Indigenous voters don’t vote, some only are concerned about their tribal or local elections and some are less enthusiastic about either Joe Biden or Donald Trump, who are most likely to be the top contenders for presidential seats, taking office again.

The Native American Rights Fund released a report that only 66 percent of the known eligible Native American voting population is registered to vote. There are over 1,000,000 eligible Native American voters in the United States.

Here are what some Indigenous voters are thinking about in the 2024’s political climate.

Local elections

Jacy Sohappy, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, said the issues she’s concerned about are more geared towards local elections since she works in a nonprofit. Particularly, Sohappy doesn’t want another presidential era with Trump in it. READ MORE — Kalle Benallie and Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, ICT

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WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, voters in Nevada, North Dakota, and South Carolina headed to the polls for their primary election. Next week, Oklahoma voters will do the same.

In June, 68 candidates from 8 states will be, or have gone through a primary election, according to a database managed by ICT and Advance Native Political Leadership. This is nearly 40 percent of the Indigenous candidates this cycle.

There won’t be these types of numbers until the August primaries. READ MORE — Pauly Denetclaw, ICT

Unusually bold, visionary leaders have captured 24 prestigious 2024 Bush Foundation community fellowships.

Antony Stately, Oneida and Ojibwe, of Prior Lake, Minnesota, is among those who beat out 558 other applicants for the esteemed award. So it’s no small feat to win.

Often recipients must apply more than once to win. But Stately, Native American Community Clinic executive officer in Minneapolis, said he was stunned when he heard he won a $150,000 scholarship.

“Oh my gosh,” he said. “I was like over the moon because I know many people in my field of work and I come across quite a few people who have been Bush fellows,” he told ICT. “So I’ve been around them and orbiting them for quite a while. And I’ve always been really impressed with who they are and the work they do and the impact they’re making in their field of expertise.” READ MORE — Renata Birkenbuel, ICT

Around the world: Far North healer embraces revival of traditional Māori medicine in New Zealand, Indigenous music star Emma Donovan denied service by taxi drivers in Australia, and an Uyghur journalist’s colleagues are jailed and sentenced due to their association.

NEW ZEALAND: Traditional Māori medicine being revived

A Far North traditional Māori healer has welcomed the resurgence of traditional Māori healing practices after the country’s first Traditional Māori Healing Conference, Te Ao Maori News reported on June 9.

Jolie Davis (Ngāti Kuri, Te Rarawa) says it was a special experience being part of the healing conference last month in Rotorua.

The two-day conference brought together more than 450 traditional Māori healers and health providers within the traditional Māori healing community to build relationships and grow understanding of traditional Māori healing and its place in New Zealand’s health sector. READ MORE — Deusdedit Ruhangariyo, Special to ICT

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President Joe Biden announced a major executive order on the southern border, which is a hot issue in the election. Regular contributor John Tahsuda joins ICT political correspondent Pauly Denetclaw to discuss this and other issues.

The U.S. is investing billions into bolstering semiconductor manufacturing. ICT’s Daniel Herrera visited an Arizona community college to learn more.

President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act a century ago which made Native American citizens of the US. ICT’s Pauly Denetclaw’s reports on voting rights progress today.

A Navajo man is bottling up the heat in Phoenix. Michael John is the founder of Navajo Mike’s Southwestern-style barbecue sauce. Here’s a feature from Tocabe’s Indigenous Marketplace.

WATCH

RAPID CITY, S.D. — By July 1, a decision will be made regarding what could be Anishinaabe AIM activist and now elder Leonard Peltier’s last shot at freedom.

The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians citizen’s parole hearing lasted about seven hours on June 10. This was Peltier’s first parole hearing in over a decade. His last hearing in 2009 ended in rejection, as did a 2017 request to President Barack Obama for clemency.

Peltier is currently serving two consecutive life sentences at Coleman Maximum Security in Florida after being convicted of aiding and abetting in the murder of two FBI agents on June 26, 1975, at the Jumping Bull Ranch in South Dakota.

Peltier is 79 years old and has been struggling with health concerns for years. He’s had trouble managing his diabetes while incarcerated, experienced the loss of vision in one eye, had open heart surgery, an aortic aneurysm, and is dealing with the lingering effects of contracting COVID-19. READ MORE— Amelia Schafer, ICT + Rapid City Journal

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