Bi-partisan Support for Native Voting Rights Legislation
On Tuesday, Nov. 2, Senators Leahy (D-Vt.), Durbin (D-Ill.), Manchin (D-W.Va.), and Murkowski (R-Alaska) announced that they will be coming together to support a bi-partisan
NARF Testifies to US Senate on Native Voting
On October 5, 2021, the Senate introduced a modified John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (S.4), which now incorporates the Native American Voting Rights Act (NAVRA)
October 11 is Indigenous Peoples Day
Today is Indigenous Peoples Day, and there is much to celebrate!
On October 8, 2021, President Biden signed a proclamation restoring protections for the Bears Ears National
Addressing Barriers to Native American Voting Rights: A Tribal-Federal Roundtable Discussion (Oct. 5)
On Oct. 5, 2021, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) invited the public to a special event webinar entitled,
Tribal Consultation on Protecting the Native American Vote
From the White House:
On March 7, 2021, the President issued an Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting. The EO established an Interagency Steering Group on Native
Support for the Native American Voting Rights Act
Last week, in a bipartisan effort to address the unique obstacles faced by Native American voters, Senator Ben Ray Luján and Representatives Sharice Davids and Tom Cole
Alaska Native Tribes and Tribal Organizations Support Inclusion in Federal Fisheries Management
This week NARF’s client, the Bering Sea Elders Group (BSEG), joined other Alaska Native governments and organizations in supporting the Fisheries for the Future
NARF-Colorado Law Implementation Project Receives Henry Luce Foundation Grant
We are happy to announce that The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) has been awarded a $400,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to support the NARF-Colorado Law Project
Supreme Court Decision Fails to Protect Native American Voting Rights
UPDATE:
On July 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court released a decision in Brnovich v. DNC that upheld two Arizona voting policies that make it harder for people—and especially
