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On Wednesday, NDN Collectiverallied in front of the White House and called for executive clemency for Leonard Peltier. At 80 years old, Peltier has been incarcerated for nearly 50 years and is now in very poor health. Time is of the essence to release Leonard Peltier, the longest held Indigenous political prisoner in U.S. history. 

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WASHINGTON — In addition to articles already covered by Native News Online, here is a roundup of other news released from Washington, D.C. that impacts Indian Country recently.

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The U.S. Department of Interior announced on Friday that it will work with the San Carlos Apache Tribe to develop a plan to address electric power outages caused by repeated transmission line failures that have caused extreme hardship on the Reservation.

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It might only be September, but for the Cheyenne River Youth Project, the holidays are right around the corner. In three months, the nonprofit youth organization will deliver multiple personalized gifts to more than 1,000 children in 20 communities across the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, and it will need every available moment to prepare for this year’s Wo Otúh’an Wi, the moon of giving away presents.
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Native Vote 2024. Montana GOP senatorial candidate Tim Sheehy, who is already in hot water with Native Americans in Montana and nationally for his racist and disparaging comments about Crow Indians, is touring Montana this weekend with anti-Native American South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R-SD).

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Tune in this Friday as Levi Rickert, publisher and editor of Native News Online, and Native News Online’s political editor Neely Bardwell interview United Indian Nations of Oklahoma Executive Director Margo Gray (Osage) about the efforts in Oklahoma to get more Native Americans to vote.

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Native Vote 2024. Naeva (formerly known as Native American Voters Alliance), the League of Women Voters of the United States, and Black Voters Matter moved today to intervene on behalf of voters in a lawsuit before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, America First Policy Institute v. Biden, case no. 2:24-cv-00152-Z (N.D. Texas). The pending lawsuit seeks to enjoin implementation of Executive Order no. 14019 and make it more difficult to register to vote. Naeva, the League of Women Voters of the United States, and Black Voters Matter intend to defend the Executive Order. 

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The the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will host a nomination hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 18, to consider President Biden’s nomination of Patrice H. Kunesh to serve as the Chair of the National Indian Gaming Commission.

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Native Vote 2024. In Oklahoma, the United Indian Nations of Oklahoma (UINO) is launching its second bi-annual “Warrior Up to Vote” event, a statewide initiative to increase voter registration among Native Americans in Oklahoma. The tour will start Sept. 23 to Oct. 5.