Study: Voter registration in Indian Country down 59%

Study: Voter registration in Indian Country down 59%

By Kevin AbourezkOctober 29, 2026A study by the Native American Rights Fund shows many obstacles remain to voting in communities with high Native populations, including the big barrier of registering to vote.Tristan Douville understands the challenges of voting in rural Alaska, where Indigenous people live. Growing up on Prince Wales Island in the southeast Alaska Panhandle, the 27-year-old Tlingit man carries a driver’s license that shows the p…