Native American tribes sue North Dakota over 'sickening' gerrymandering

[turbinetree]

Source: The Guardian

Hallie Golden
Mon 21 Feb 2022 04.00 EST

Days before a new legislative map for North Dakota was set to be introduced in the state house, leaders of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and Spirit Lake Nation sent a letter to the governor and other state lawmakers urging them to rethink the proposal.

“All citizens deserve to have their voices heard and to be treated fairly and equally under the law,” they wrote, arguing that the proposed map was illegal, diluting the strength of their communities’ voice.

But instead, in early November, the Republican-controlled legislature approved the map, with only minor changes. And the Republican governor, Doug Burgum, quickly signed it.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/21/native-american-tribes-sue-north-dakota-gerrymandering

[The Jungle 1]

1. But punk boy charlie krik says there is NO systemic racism.

Could he be wrong?
We don't want native Americans to vote and we are forcing them to buy their land back.
I live in the Philly burbs and we have plenty of voting machines, I never have to wait in line However in Philadelphia they wait hours to vote. But don't worry that is not systemic racism either.

[Cha]

2. Very Best of Luck to

the Native American Tribes!

[abqtommy]

3. I've recently become educated concerning lawsuits brought by indigenous groups

in Canada and the U.S. against their national governments due to treaty rights being
ignored. There is a strong precedent of successful legal action here that I hope will
support the efforts of this group in North Dakota.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=treaty+9+lawsuit+in+canada&t=ffab&ia=web

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=apache+lawsuit+over+treaty+rights&ia=web

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=navajo+lawsuit+over+treaties&ia=web

According to the information I saw on the television program
FNX/First Nations Experience https://fnx.org/ the Navajo received assistance with
their lawsuit from the Apache legal team after the Apaches were successful.

[Orrex]

4. The white establishment will never voluntarily stop screwing Indigenenous people

[L. Coyote]

5. I hope they win.

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[turbinetree]

9. I just wonder how he would feel if we were to take his home, these Manifest Destiny pukes

[edhopper]

6. Too bad

we no longer have a Court that cares about voting tights,

[turbinetree]

10. Or basically two senators letting these pukes get away with this stuff....when they

could have prevented this stuff .....but all they cared about was some made up rule.....

[edhopper]

13. And one has been a Senator for all of 3 years

but TRADITION!!

[turbinetree]

14. Yeah tradition....

[Bayard]

7. Gerry Mandering

I hate that guy.

Rethuglicans are on a mission to disenfranchise every minority in this country. As they've said themselves, its the only way they win elections.

[love_katz]

8. Kicking.

[Brainfodder]

11. Power mad cowards do what?

[riversedge]

12. I wish the tribes well and good luck.