“North Dakota Native Vote: Legislative Issues”

Nicole Donaghy

Executive Director of North Dakota Native Vote, will discuss efforts to build representative democracy that affects policy and equal representation for the Native people of North Dakota, including efforts to eliminate disparities and voter suppression and a look at issues expected at the upcoming Legislative Session. Donaghy is a Hunkpapa Lakota from the Standing Rock Sioux Nation and a descendant of the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nations and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. She is an experienced field organizer and non-profit organization manager. She earned a B.A. degree in Business Administration/Management from United Tribes Technical College.

Nicole Donaghy is a Hunkpapa Lakota from the Standing Rock Sioux Nation, she is also a descendant of the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nations, and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. Nicole earned her education from United Tribes Technical College in Business Administration. In 2014, Nicole joined Dakota Resource Council, an organization of the Western Organization of Resource Councils network, as a field organizer working on oil and gas issues in the Bakken. In October 2018, Nicole joined North Dakota Native Vote to boost voter education and engagement in response to the North Dakota voter identification law. Nicole is the Executive Director of North Dakota Native Vote and lives in rural Bismarck with her husband John, their three children, and their two dogs.

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