Montana Taxpayer Questions High Cost of Battling Against Native Voting Rights

Stephanie Woodard
April 11, 2013
For several months, Montana counties have been shelling out taxpayer dollars to fight a Native voting-rights lawsuit – Wandering Medicine v...
Oliver J. Semans

Rights Do Have a Cost

“Everyone talks about rights, but they have a cost,” said attorney Sara Frankenstein in a recent article on ICTMN.com (“With 2014 Elections Looming, N...

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April 02, 2013

Montana Democrats Rebuff Native Voting-Rights Lawsuit

Stephanie Woodard
March 19, 2013
The Montana Democratic Party has rejected a March 6, 2013, request from Mark Wandering Medicine, Northern Cheyenne, to endorse the Native side in the voting-rights lawsuit, Wanderi...

With 2014 Elections Looming, Ninth Circuit Agrees to Hear Native Voting-Rights Appeal

Stephanie Woodard
February 28, 2013
On February 20, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which includes the nine westernmost states, said it would hear the appeal of a Montana voting-rights lawsu...
Oliver J. Semans

Chairman Stanley Crooks, a Great Leader, Is on His Journey to the Spirit World

How do you describe the loss of a modern day warrior, a chief, and a friend? That’s where I am at today after hearing about the loss of Chairman Stanley Crooks of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community....

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August 31, 2012
Oliver J. Semans

The Stop Act Is an Encroachment on Tribal Sovereignty

As the Executive Director of Four Directions, I like to pay attention to the legislation coming out of Congress that affects Indian country—both good and bad. Unfortunately I have seen more bad than good....

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April 10, 2012

Oglalas Win Full Early Voting—for 2012

Stephanie Woodard
March 25, 2012
Past and future national elections cast shadows over a Native American voting-rights lawsuit argued in Rapid City, South Dakota, on March 8...

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