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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.

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.

Native American Rights Fund

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

Protect what cannot be replaced on Giving Tuesday

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

Native American voting rights at the Supreme Court this week

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

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