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An MLK Letter from our Executive Director John Echohawk

This January 20 we recognize Martin Luther King Day. It is a day on which many in the United States remember and honor Dr. King’s work and the long and ongoing fight for civil rights and social justice that he helped fos

Native Voters and the 2024 Presidential Election

Recent exit polls by National Election Pool and Edison Research included Native voter data around presidential candidate preferences. Unfortunately, the data being

Join us on the road to free and fair elections

Native Americans are among the fastest growing groups in the nation and Native American voters increasingly hold the power to change elections.

Farewell to 2024 summer law clerks

Thank you to our summer law clerks for your exceptional service this summer. Your hard work, dedication, and fresh perspectives have been invaluable to our team. The NARF

Congratulations to 2024 Siletz winner, Sapphire Carter!

The history of the Siletz Tribe’s contributions to the Native American Rights Fund is a shining example of philanthropy and commitment to justice.

The Indian Citizenship Act at 100 Years Old

This article originally appeared in the NARF Legal Review, Vol #49 No. 1 The Promise of Citizenship President Calvin Coolidge and four Indians, White House, 1925 (https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/94508991/)

NARF Welcomes UN Meeting Participants

The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) was honored to welcome UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues members and Secretariat, invited experts, Native American tribal

Judge Shanlyn Park Confirmed to U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai’i

On November 30, 2023, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), and the National Native American Bar Association (NNABA)

Native Judges Belong on the Federal Bench

By Morgan Saunders, Staff Attorney at the Native American Rights Fund and Lena Zwarensteyn, Senior Director of the Fair Courts Program at The Leadership Conference on

Partisan Aims Cannot Excuse Racial Gerrymandering

A statement from the Voting Rights Working Group on the U.S. Supreme Court case Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP: WASHINGTON, DC (October 10,

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