Ceremonial dancers wait to perform at a "Get out the vote" or GOTV event in a push for Native Americans to vote in the upcoming presidential election, on Navajo Nation in Fort Defiance, Ariz., Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. In the lead up to U.S. elections in November, Democrats and Republicans have flocked the furthest reaches of 22 Native American reservations in Arizona in a bid to court their votes. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A Navajo horsewoman carries a U.S. flag as she waits for the start of the Western Navajo Fair opening ceremony in Tuba City, Ariz., Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. Native people were first recognized as U.S. citizens 100 years ago, but Arizona prevented them from exercising their right to vote until 1948. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Storm clouds form on Highway 264, on the Navajo Nation, on the outskirts of Tuba City, Ariz., Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. Soaring unemployment and poverty has pushed young Navajos to leave their sacred lands in search of jobs. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
FILE - Local organizer Maria Calamity instructs a resident on how to properly fill out a pledge card promising to vote in the upcoming presidential election on the Navajo Nation in Ganado, Ariz., Oct. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
FILE - Terry and Linda Gore leave the Dayton church on the Flathead Indian Reservation after voting, Nov. 8, 2022, in Arlee, Mont. (AP Photo/Tommy Martino, File)