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South Dakota Residents Featured in ACLU’s Voting Rights Campaign

Jac Franken from Sioux Falls, Keatyn Wede from Mitchell, Carter Linke from Vermillion and Paul Harens from Yankton share the reasons why they vote in videos in the ACLU campaign.

October 27, 2022

Revised Social Studies Standards Perpetuate Colonialism, Discrimination of Indigenous Students, ACLU of South Dakota Says

Instead of engaging in meaningful consultation with Tribes to obtain consent to the revisions or adopting the Tribes’ recommendations, the perspective of Tribal governments is glaringly absent.

September 14, 2022

ACLU Urges Biden Administration to Heed UN Racial Justice Committee Recommendations

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination urged the United States government to implement broader policies to address systemic racism and structural racial discrimination at the federal, state, local, and tribal level..

August 30, 2022

ACLU Files Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court to Uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act

If the Indian Child Welfare Act is overturned, tribes will again be stripped of their right to keep their families together. This is a tragedy as we know that having connection to our cultures, languages and identities is in the best interest of Native children.

August 18, 2022

ACLU of South Dakota Opposes Proposed Board of Education Standards Rule That Would Censor K-12 Classroom Discussions

The proposed rule is vague and open to subjective interpretations that will chill speech and robust discussion in classrooms, it restricts the First Amendment rights of educators and students alike, and will harm all South Dakota students – especially students of color.

August 17, 2022

ACLU of South Dakota Legal Director to Speak at United Nations Committee Meeting

The ACLU is asking the UN Committee to recommend that United States require states take decisive enforcement action against discriminatory state laws, policies or agency actions that defeat and undermine Indigenous education equity.

August 4, 2022