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Protecting Tribal Waters and Sovereignty: Navigating the New WOTUS Proposed Rule

Tribal streams, wetlands, and treaty-protected resources face new uncertainty under a draft WOTUS definition. Join us and NCAI for a Dec. 9 webinar to get the knowledge needed to submit effective, legally sound comments before the Jan 5. deadline.

Protect what cannot be replaced on Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday is a celebration of our inherent desire to help each other, show kindness, and give. It is an exciting...

Klamath Tribes challenge orders based on secret agreement between irrigator group and state

On November 19, 2025, the Klamath Tribes filed a motion to amend their petition in the Circuit Court of Klamath County. The amended petition seeks to reverse recent illegal orders that replaced a long-time administrative law judge in the Klamath Basin Adjudication (KBA) on the heels of a secret deal cut between the Oregon State Office of Administrative Hearings and certain water users in the Upper Klamath Basin.

Most recent Legal Review features the Tribal Water Institute at NARF

The NARF Legal Review is published semi-annually and provides updates on NARF’s cases and information on other timely Indian law topics. The most recent edition examines some of NARF’s cases from the Spring of 2025 through Fall of 2025. .

Let us give thanks

As this season of gratitude arrives, we pause to reflect on the blessings in our lives — the warmth of family and friends, the nourishment on our tables, and the strength

Native American voting rights at the Supreme Court this week

The Spirit Lake Tribe, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, and several individual voters filed an en banc petition urging the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to reconsider a recent decision that stripped voters of their right...

Tribes’ never-ending battle to protect subsistence fishing in Alaska

The importance of fish to so many Alaskans has led to persistent conflicts about who manages fishing on which waterways. For many Tribal Nations in Alaska, no issue matters more than subsistence fishing.

About Tribal Nations, Tribal Citizens, and the United States

Tribal Nations are sovereign governments with inherent authority over their lands and citizens. This is a political status that predates the establishment of the United

Veterans’ Day – We thank you.

To our Native American Veterans, we thank you!

Honoring Ancestral Sites: A Guide to Right Relations, Care, and Return

In our longstanding work supporting Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities, NARF has been committed to helping foster respectful, just, and sovereign relationships around sacred places, ancestral burials, and cultural objects. That’s why we’re proud to share and promote the Sacred Grounds: A Right Relations Guidebook on Native Burials and Cultural Items, co-authored with Land Justice Futures.

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