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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 the Fort

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.

Water rights symposium registration open now

Since 1991, the Native American Rights Fund and the Western States Water Council (WSWC) have sponsored a biennial symposium to discuss the settlement of Indian reserved

Demanding justice and mutual respect

Yesterday, pundit Ann Coulter stated on X (formerly Twitter) that “we didn’t kill enough Indians.” The post was shared more than a million times. As a writer and a lawyer,

Anniversary of the Indian Citizenship Act, June 2, 1924

On June 2, 1924, the Indian Citizenship Act was signed into law, granting U.S. citizenship to Native people.

NARF 2024 Annual Report now available

The NARF 2024 Annual Report is now available! The annual report is an opportunity to see how your donations are paying off as an investment in justice. The report covers

Honoring Earth Day: National monument protections for Tribal homelands and sacred places

National monuments are precious places that preserve our heritage and make our country a better place to live. They are a shared resource that Americans support across

Waters Under Threat: Efforts to Narrow the Reach of the CWA

The Clean Water Act is controversial not because of its overarching goal–clean water–but because achieving that goal requires impeding development along waterways and placing limits on industry that discharge pollutants into water bodies. Recent activity seek to narrow protections that impact Tribal waters.

World Water Day: Introducing the Headwaters Report

Launching the Headwaters Report to Strengthen Tribal Water Sovereignty Water is life—Mni Wiconi. On this World Water Day, we recognize the urgent need to protect Tribal

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