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South Carolina Supreme Court Denies Rights to Baby Veronica; National Native Organizations to Advance Civil Rights Lawsuit

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled today to deny the appeal filed by Dusten Brown and the Cherokee Nation of the Court’s July 17 order to expedite the transfer of custody

Alaska Natives sue over voting rights violations

Last Friday the Native American Rights Fund and co-counsel Wilson Elser filed suit in federal court charging Alaska state elections officials with ongoing violations

Native American Rights Fund, National Congress of American Indians, and National Indian Child Welfare Association announce pursuit of civil rights lawsuit for Baby Veronica

Three of the nation’s leading tribal organizations announced today they are in the early stages of pursuing litigation to protect the civil rights of Veronica Brown,

NARF responds to South Carolina Supreme Court decision regarding Baby Veronica

The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) joins with the Brown family, the Cherokee Nation, the National Congress of American Indians, the National Indian Child Welfare

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issues decision in important subsistence case, Katie John v. United States

On July 3, 2013, a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision affirming the federal district court’s decisions upholding the 1999 Final Rules promulgated

U.S. Supreme Court issues decision in Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl

Today the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in the important Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) case, Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl. To read the decision, click

Alaska Supreme Court issues important ICWA opinion in Native Village of Tununak v. State, a case in which NARF submitted an amicus brief

Today the Alaska Supreme Court issued an important ruling in the case Native Village of Tununak v. State in which it held that the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) implicitly

NARF Executive Director John E. Echohawk and Staff Attorney David L Gover featured in new ICWA educational resource video

Executive Director John E. Echohawk and Staff Attorney David L Gover are featured in a new educational resource for judges, courts, child welfare, and judicial educators,

NARF Staff Attorney Richard Guest quoted in article on Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl

NARF Staff Attorney Richard Guest was recently quoted in a story from Indian Country Today on the important ICWA case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court, Adoptive

NARF Staff Attorney Melody McCoy to argue before U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

This morning NARF Staff Attorney Melody McCoy will present oral argument in Klamath Claims Committee v. United States before a panel of judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals

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