In North Dakota Native Americans Try to Turn an ID Law to Their Advantage

(The New York Times) - FORT YATES N.D. Nobody in the squat yellow house serving as the Standing Rock Sioux Tribes get-out-the-vote headquarters knew its address. It was on Red Tail Hawk Avenue; they knew that much. But the number was anyones guess. Phyllis Young a longtime tribal activist leading the voter-outreach effort said it had fallen off the side of the house at some point. Her own home has a number only because she added one with permanent marker. This is normal on Native American reservations. Buildings lack numbers; streets lack signs. Even when a house has an address in official records residents dont necessarily know what it is. We know our communities based off our communities" said Danielle TaSheena Finn a Standing Rock spokeswoman and tribal judge. We know Hey thats so-and-sos house; you go two houses down and thats the correct place you need to be." Read More