April 2024 | Repost from NCAI Last month, the NCAI Youth Commission participated in the 23rd Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues! This year’s theme underscores the critical importance of empowering Indigenous youth to actively participate in decisions impacting their communities and futures. The NCAI Youth Commission was there to empower and […]
Pictured above: Women from Allegany that headed up the Women’s Right to Vote Movement. Bottom: Bernice Crouse, Harriet Pierce. Top: unknown, Rovena Watt-Abrams Seneca SuffragettesIn May of 1964, a fifth and final referendum to decide the right of Seneca women to vote was finally approved by a vote of 169 to 99. Pointing to the […]