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Thurgood Marshall Award Honors Lifelong Defense of Native American Rights

The American Bar Association will bestow the 2023 Thurgood Marshall Award to John E. Echohawk, the co-founder and Executive Director of the Native American Rights Fund...

Supreme Court Protects Voters’ Rights

On June 27, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Moore v. Harper that state courts are an essential part of our system of checks and balances to protect voters from legislative overreach.

Defending Food Security and Native Way of Life

The State of Alaska filed a lawsuit against a federal agency for granting a life-saving emergency subsistence hunt to the Organized Village of Kake during a time of global food chain supply issues and intense food scarcity...

Supreme Court: US Not Responsible for Water Rights; Navajo Nation Still Battling for Water

On June 22, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court concluded the United States cannot be held responsible for water rights it holds in trust.

In a Major Win for Native Families, Supreme Court Upholds the Constitutionality of ICWA

The U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Haaland v. Brackeen, and in a 7-2 opinion resoundingly affirmed the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act.

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