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WASHINGTON — Tribal nations are seeing themselves represented more than ever before in the government, but they still need to make their voices heard more loudly at the ballot box, the president of the National Congress of American Indians said Feb. 12.

WASHINGTON — Tribal nations are seeing themselves represented more than ever before in the government, but they still need to make their voices heard more loudly at the ballot box,

Native communities need improvements in health care, tribal policing and ballot access, Mark Macarro, president of the National Congress of American Indians, said this week.

Mark Macarro told the National Congress of American Indians that in 2024 the Native vote "has the potential to swing elections and shape history."

In front of a packed Rasmuson Theater at the National Museum of the American Indian, the leader of the National Congress of American Indians gave an impassioned and powerful State