Willfully violating Tribal easements should impact the bottom line
Tribal Amici Support Accountability for Corporate Wrongdoers Who Violate Tribal Sovereignty
Sixteen Tribal Nations across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana
An Introduction to the Clean Water Act
Tribes use the CWA to safeguard water quality for ceremonies, fisheries, and other Tribal needs as an act of governance and sovereignty. This overview covers the Act, its programs, Tribal delegation of authority, and how Tribes can protect reservation waters.
Seeking a voice in U.S. appellate courts
NARF, NCAI, and the Northern Plains Indian Law Center at the University of North Dakota School of Law have called for the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to treat federally-recognized Tribal Nations as they treat other sovereign governments...
Welcome to The Headwaters Report!
Welcome to The Headwaters Report – a new digital blog site, bulletin, and source for Tribal water law information and resources. Every Tribal Nation should have free access to information necessary to advocate for and protect its water resources. Through The Headwaters Report, NARF intends to provide that to Indian Country.
Decades of unmitigated pollution caused losses that Teck Cominco should compensate
Columbia River Treaty Tribes filed a Ninth Circuit amicus brief in support of the Colville Tribes compensation for service loss...
Coming together for land co-managment
To close out 2024, NARF and First Nations Development Institute co-hosted a national conference entitled Shared Horizons: Navigating Tribal Co-Stewardship and Co-Management
A Warm Welcome for the New UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
On January 13, 2025, The Implementation Project (TIP), Native American Rights Fund (NARF), and University of Colorado Law School hosted a welcome reception at NARF’s
Yes, Montana, disenfranchising Native voters violates the law
Native voters in Montana again successfully defend their rights as U.S. Supreme Court declined to review Montana Supreme Court decision.
Groups seek to intervene to protect voter rights
Update (January 20, 2025):
President Trump revoked President Biden Executive Order no. 14019 on January 20, 2025, with Executive Order 14148. With this revocation,
North Dakota Native voting rights upheld by Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the lower court decision that preserves a North Dakota subdistrict that gives Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation reservation voters a long-awaited opportunity to elect state representation.
