Indians Harrassed, Prevented from Voting in SD Election
When Native Americans attempted to vote in the South Dakota election on June 1 many were met with pervasive resistance from whites. South Dakota has a long history of anti-Indian voting rights violations, involving many of the same tactics that were employed against blacks in the pre-civil-rights-era South: county officials who try to prevent Indians from registering, district lines deliberately drawn to keep Indians from being elected to public office, and harassment and intimidation of Indian voters and candidates. [more]
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