Coming Together for Voting Rights
In September 2023, Native voting advocates from across the country who participate in the Native American Voting Rights Coalition came together in Washington, D.C.,
Court Finds Endangered Species Act Violation
The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon ruled in favor of the Klamath Tribes on September 11, 2023, finding that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation violated rights the Tribes reserved through treaty and the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by allocating water in a drought year to irrigators.
Sacred Badger-Two Medicine Area Protected
On September 1, 2023, the United States reached a settlement in Solenex LLC v. Haaland. Under the agreement, Louisiana-based Solenex—which had been fighting to reestablish
Summer 2024 Opportunity to Clerk at NARF
Second-year law school students have until September 15, 2023, to submit their Summer 2024 Law Clerkship application to the Native American Rights Fund (NARF). Law clerks
Protect Your Legacy & Loved Ones
August is Make-A-Will month, which makes it a great time to take care of this very important, if not very fun, task.
Wills are not only for wealthy people. Without a will,
Grand Canyon Protected from Mining
UPDATE: On August 8, 2023, President Biden designated the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni monument near the Grand Canyon National Park. The designation of the monument will
Thurgood Marshall Award Honors Lifelong Defense of Native American Rights
The American Bar Association will bestow the 2023 Thurgood Marshall Award to John E. Echohawk, the co-founder and Executive Director of the Native American Rights Fund...
Supreme Court Protects Voters’ Rights
On June 27, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Moore v. Harper that state courts are an essential part of our system of checks and balances to protect voters from legislative overreach.
Defending Food Security and Native Way of Life
The State of Alaska filed a lawsuit against a federal agency for granting a life-saving emergency subsistence hunt to the Organized Village of Kake during a time of global food chain supply issues and intense food scarcity...
