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
Tribes Respond to KXL Pipeline Termination
On Wednesday, June 9, 2021, TransCanada (TC Energy) announced that it is terminating its Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline project.
Rosebud Sioux Tribe President Rodney M.
The Nomination of Washington State’s First Native American Federal Judge
NCAI AND NARF JOINT STATEMENT ON THE NOMINATION BY PRESIDENT BIDEN OF WASHINGTON STATE’S FIRST EVER NATIVE AMERICAN FEDERAL JUDGE
This morning, President Biden announced
US Supreme Court Set to Decide if For-Profit Corporations Will Receive Money Set Aside for Governments
On Monday, April 19, 2021, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation et al. In the case, state-chartered
