As we come to the end of a challenging year, Tribal Nations continue to face mounting threats to their lifeways, sacred places, homelands, waters, and sovereign rights.
The Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation and Native voters filed a lawsuit challenging Chouteau County’s unfair, at-large voting system. The suit alleges the system unlawfully dilutes the voting strength of Native voters and has denied them any representation on the county commission for more than a decade.
From all of us at theNative American Rights Fund
Season’s Greetings from the Native American Rights Fund.May the joy of the holiday season fill your heartand home with
Robert Tix, NARF Staff Attorney Lenny Powell, and others including counsel for the Prairie Island Mdewakanton Dakota Indian Community, October 21,2025.
On October
The NARF Legal Review is published semi-annually and provides updates on NARF’s cases and information on other timely Indian law topics. The most recent edition examines some of NARF’s cases from the Spring of 2025 through Fall of 2025. .