NARF, Author at Native American Rights Fund

Speaking Out for Incarcerated Native People and Protecting Native Culture

Native organizations provide critical context and information on Native prisoners’ rights and the preservation of Native religious practice. Forced haircuts by prison officials substantially burden religious practice.

Shoshone-Bannock Protects Treaty Rights and Homelands

UPDATE: On August 22, 2025, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of theFort

Defending Tribal court jurisdiction

Tribal Nation courts possess jurisdiction over family law matters involving Tribal citizens, including divorces. In 2008, Robert William Tix — a member of the Prairie

Water Knows No Boundaries

Law review article tackles the imperative that Tribal Nations develop their own legal mechanism to protect their water resources and rights.

County Must Update Voting Map so Chippewa Cree Votes Also Count

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.

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