ANV Programs

  • Photo of a woman and her daughter.

  • Photo of Arizona Native Vote Firekeepers registering community members to vote.

  • Photo of Arizona Native Vote Fire Keepers at a local community event.

  • Photo of Arizona Native Vote Voter Registration Booth with Volunteers and Free Fry bread.

  • Photo of two Native American Women shaking hands at a local voter registration event.

  • Photo of young Arizona Native Vote volunteers preparing for community engagement.

  • Photo of Arizona Native Vote Firekeepers assisting elders with voter registration.

Year-Round Program Summary

Strategy: Build permanent Native voting power on Navajo, Hopi, White Mountain Apache and San Carlos Apache Sovereign Lands, including border towns and nearby rural communities.

  1. Community Programs - Firekeepers, Intergenerational organizing, language translation, and mutual aid

  2. Young Peoples Program (YPP) - Indigenous Democracy Class and College Fellows

  3. Field Organizing - Tactics and strategies during election and non-election years

  4. Volunteer Program

  • Build a bench of organizers, community leaders, and empowered voters

  • Promote year-round local community knowledge of the tribal, county, state, and federal voter registration, electoral process, and election information. 

  • Provide free Indigenous Democracy Class presentation and workshops grades 8 to 12.

  • Educate voters on tribal, county, state, and federal offices, 2026 elections seats, county/state/federal district maps and names, voter registration process

  • Increase voter registration and turnout by 2%

    Recruit and train 50+ Firekeepers

  • Recruit voters to the Active Early Voting List (AEVL) and advocate for early voting

  • Recruit volunteers and hire local organizers to register voters and engage residents in northeastern Arizona counties with a concentration on Navajo Nation, White Mountain Apache, San Carlos Apache, and Hopi. There is also a special focus to target border towns and high-potential voters. 

  • Expand year-round voter registration and education efforts with Firekeepers and students in tribal and rural communities.

  • Carry out community service projects and initiatives that strengthen and support local women and families.

Native-led organizing in our own communities.

Arizona Native Vote reaches potential voters year round.

Tribal and rural organizing requires local organizers to register voters and engage residents year-round to overcome the geographical and structural barriers to civic participation. Our Native field organizers are from the communities they work in. We focus on northeastern Arizona’s rural counties, concentrating on Navajo Nation, White Mountain Apache, San Carlos Apache, and Hopi sovereign lands and border towns.

Our focus is two-fold. First, we train community members, especially culture keepers, to help their family and neighbors to vote. Our community program centers and empowers the traditional role women play in the matriarchal cultures of our communities.

We also focus on engaging high-potential voters who traditionally have been left out of the electoral process.