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.
Shingle Springs Voters Gain Registration Access
On September 12, 2023, Shingle Springs held a special tribal council meeting at its Rancheria. The purpose of the gathering was to designate the Tribe’s local health center as a voter registration agency under the National Voter Registration Act.
Welcome to Summer Law Clerk and Siletz Winner, Alyson White Eagle-Sounding Sides!
Alyson White Eagle-SoundingSides is Northern Arapaho from the Wind River Reservation. She graduated from Wyoming Indian High School in Ethete, Wyoming, and went on
Retired Illinois Mascot Still Causing Harm
The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) recently contacted the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign about their mascot and the effects of stereotyped Native imagery
Welcome to Summer Law Clerk Natalia Sells
Natalia Sells is a rising 3L at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University (ASU Law).
Welcome to Summer Law Clerk Dane Beaulieu
Dane Beaulieu is a first-generation law student and rising 3L at the University of Iowa College of Law.
Welcome to Summer Law Clerk Sophie Staires
Sophie Staires is a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and a rising third year law student at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, where
