If and when the Native voters got to these voting places, they often experienced harassment, according to an Associated Press report. In 2020, the national Native news source Indian Country Today counted a record-breaking number of Native candidates nationwide: 114, with 72 of them winning their races. Don Ragona, Matinecock, development director of the Native American Rights Fund, explored this idea with a multicultural panel. “Never think you’re alone.”ShareStephanie Woodard is an award-winning journalist who writes on human rights and culture with a focus on Native American issues. She is the author of American Apartheid: The Native American Struggle for Self-Determination and Inclusion.