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,
Protecting Tribal Jurisdiction in Minnesota
On September 26, 2023, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and the National Congress of American
National Native Organizations Oppose Federal Shutdown
A coalition of national Native organizations, collectively serving the interests
of Tribal Nations and their citizens, joined in unison to oppose a federal government shutdown, spending
cuts for tribal programs, and to remind Congress that Native lives are not a political bargaining chip.
