Watch Friday as Levi Rickert, publisher and editor of Native News Online, and Native News Online political editor Neely Bardwell interview Margo Gray (Osage), executive director of the United Indian Nations of Oklahoma, about Oklahoma’s efforts to get more Native Americans out to vote.
The United Indian Nations of Oklahoma (UINO) is launching its second biennial “Warrior Up to Vote” event, a statewide initiative to increase voter registration among Native Americans in Oklahoma. The tour runs from September 23 to October 5.
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Oklahoma ranks 50th in voter participation and registration. Native Americans have some of the lowest voter registration and turnout rates in the country.
Warrior Up to Vote wants to change that. Tribal citizens in Oklahoma make up 13 percent of the state’s population.
Gray, executive director of the United Indian Nations of Oklahoma and former council member of the Osage Minerals Council, has been a longtime advocate for Native Americans in Oklahoma and nationally.
Gray hopes this tour will result in record numbers of Indigenous voters turning out.
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