Native Bidaske with Margo Gray (Osage) on the “Warrior Up to Vote” events

Tune in this Friday as Levi Rickert, editor and publisher of Native News Online, and Neely Bardwell, political editor of Native News Online, interview Oklahoma Indian UNO Executive Director Margo Gray (Osage) about the efforts in Oklahoma to get more Native Americans to vote.

Oklahoma Indian UNO (UINO) is launching its second biannual “Warrior Up to Vote” event, a statewide initiative to increase voter registration among Native Americans in Oklahoma. The tour will start from September 23rd to October 5th.

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Oklahoma ranks 50th in voter turnout and registration. Native Americans have some of the lowest voter registration rates in the country.

Warrior Up to Vote aims to change that. Tribal citizens in Oklahoma make up 13 percent of the state’s population.

Gray, the executive director of the Oklahoma Indian Nations and a former board member of the Osage Minerals Council, is a longtime advocate for Native Americans in Oklahoma and nationally.

Gray hopes this tour will help turn out native voters in record numbers.

Tune into Native Bidaské LIVE this Friday, September 20, 2024 at Noon ET on Native News Online Facebook o Categories Business