Shannon County

Oglala Sioux Win Voting Rights -- For Now

Stephanie Woodard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Four Directions, Tim Johnson, Vote, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 2010 Election, Voting Rights, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Department of Justice, Aclu, Shannon County, O.J. Semans, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, South Dakota, Chris Nelson, Black Hills, Oglala, Politics News
Stephanie Woodard

Opponents of holding a full-scale election on the Oglala Sioux Tribe's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation this fall held on as long as possible during a recent confrontation with hopeful voters.

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South Dakota Election Scandal: Are Oglala Sioux Voting Rights Doomed?

Stephanie Woodard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oglala Lakota Nation, South Dakota Elections, Chris Nelson, Maria Cantwell, Pine Ridge Reservation, Native Americans, Erin Mccarrick, Shannon County, South Dakota, Politics News
Stephanie Woodard

Native Americans have long faced police harassment and illegal voter challenges in South Dakota. Those problems may soon be over because South Dakota has no plan to provide any voting at all in this fall's election.

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