{"id":16289,"date":"2026-10-09T23:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T23:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/?p=16289"},"modified":"2026-10-09T19:18:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T19:18:30","slug":"16289","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/?p=16289","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What are Native voters looking for in this year\u2019s midterms, and are candidates listening? This briefing will examine tribal sovereignty, voting access and turnout, and Indigenous candidates seeking office. Speakers will discuss how priorities and experiences differ among voters living on reservations, in rural communities and in cities, and how younger Native voters are getting involved. The conversation will look beyond party affiliation to understand what is at stake for Native communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Profiling America\u2019s Changing Electorate &#8212; The Native Vote in 2026: Sovereignty, Representation and Political Power<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-1.png 980w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-1-767x433.png 767w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-1-720x406.png 720w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-1-520x293.png 520w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-1-320x181.png 320w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-1-599x338.png 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Michael Roberts<\/strong>, President and CEO, First Nations Development Institute<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-2.png 985w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-2-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-2-767x430.png 767w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-2-720x403.png 720w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-2-520x291.png 520w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-2-320x179.png 320w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-2-600x336.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Melissa Rogers<\/strong>, Professor of Politics &amp; Policy, Claremont Graduate University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"986\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-3.png 986w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-3-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-3-766x384.png 766w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-3-720x361.png 720w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-3-520x261.png 520w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-3-320x160.png 320w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-3-599x300.png 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Judith LeBlanc<\/strong>, Executive Director, Native Organizers Alliance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-4.png 985w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-4-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-4-767x429.png 767w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-4-520x291.png 520w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-4-720x403.png 720w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-4-320x179.png 320w, https:\/\/aacyf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/20261009-ACOM-4-599x335.png 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sage Phillips<\/strong>, Co-Coordinator of the Wabanaki Policy Youth Initiative<strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are Native&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16289"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16297,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16289\/revisions\/16297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}