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• Montana Legislature to vote whether to reinstate Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force January 15, 2021
  on behalf of Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force Advocacy organization Western Native Voice is urging the public to testify on behalf of
  Nora Mabie
• Montana Tribes Hard-Hit by Covid-19 Brace for Republican Takeover January 9, 2021
  and Michelle Obama. Neumann is a public health adviser for Western Native Voice, a nonprofit that advocates for Native American communities
  Miranda Green
• Montana responds to local advocacy groups and adds American Indians in Phase 1B vaccine rollout January 6, 2021
  vaccine roll-out, to begin on January 15. Public health advisor to Western Native Voice, Dr. Cora Neumann, is a member of the Montana COVID-
  From Western Native Voice
• Montana's election laws are voter-friendly, state attorneys say September 17, 2020
  challenge to the law in a lawsuit brought by advocacy group Western Native Voice and five tribal governments. The cases in Yellowstone
  By PHOEBE TOLLEFSON
• Scant evidence of voter fraud in Montana, expert says September 16, 2020
  law is facing a parallel challenge in a lawsuit by advocacy group Western Native Voice and five tribal governments. A ruling in that case is
  By PHOEBE TOLLEFSON
• Battered by the virus, tribes race to boost census count September 14, 2020
  Peck Indian Reservation who works with Kindness at Montana-based Western Native Voice. Similar factors play out on reservations nationwide.
  The Associated Press
• Montana near bottom in Census response; much of Deep South lags September 13, 2020
  speaks with Gerald Pease at a drive-thru station set up by Western Native Voice to help members of the Crow Indian Tribe participate in the
  Associated Press
• Challenge To Montana Ballot Collection Limit Being Heard This Week September 10, 2020
  administering this election,” Johnstone said. Oral arguments for Western Native Voice v. Stapleton are expected to run through the week.
  Kevin Trevellyan;MTPR News & YPR News & Montana Free Press;MTPR News & YPR News & Montana Free Press
• State urges Montanans to get counted for the census and spread the word September 10, 2020
  including Forward Montana Foundation, the Montana Nonprofit Foundation and Western Native Voice are actively reaching out to low-count areas
  John Riley
• Lawsuit over Native American ballot collection sees first day in Yellowstone County District Court September 9, 2020
  Montana Native American voter advocacy groups and tribes, including Western Native Voice, Montana Native Vote, Assiniboine and Sioux tribes
  By: Mitch Lagge