ABA launches new traveling exhibit on Native American voting rights
In celebration of Native American Heritage Month in November, the American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress is launching a new traveling exhibit, “100 Years After the Indian Citizenship Act: The Continuing Struggle to Guarantee Voting Rights to Native Americans.”
The exhibit explores Native American Voting Rights long before the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 as well as how the act failed to ensure Native American participation in elections. The passage act was neither the beginning nor end of the struggle to gain voting rights for Native Americans. The exhibit spotlights tribal leaders and lesser known, yet extraordinary voting rights activists from all walks of life.
The traveling exhibit builds off the success of its predecessors that reached more than 225 venues nationwide: Magna Carta (2015-18), 19th Amendment (2019-22) and Mayflower Compact (2022-23). The new exhibit will be on display nationwide at law schools, state capitol buildings, state and local bar associations, courthouses, law firms and national and local conferences.
Among the places hosting the exhibit starting on Nov. 6 are:
• National Native American Bar Association in Tempe, Arizona;
• Jacksonville University College of Law in Jacksonville, Florida;
• Greenberg Traurig LLP in Chicago;
• Stanford University Law School in Stanford, California;
• Case Western Reserve Law Library in Cleveland, Ohio;
• University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law Library in Sacramento, California.
‘South to America’ focus of next ADR Section Book Club
The State Bar of Michigan’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Section will conduct its Diversity & Inclusion Action Team Book Club online Tuesday, November 14, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. via Zoom.
The next read is “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation,” by Imani Perry. It is the story of a Black woman and native Alabaman returning to the region she has always called home and considering it with fresh eyes. To learn more about the book, view the short video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h784-x71Sac.
All members of the ADR Section are invited to attend the Book Club. To register, email Mary Anne Parks at parks.mary anne@gmail.com.
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