NARF, Author at Native American Rights Fund

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

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

Decision in Allen v. Milligan Protects the Freedom to Vote

On June 8, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States in Allen v Milligan upheld the lower court’s determination that the newly adopted Alabama congressional maps likely

Federal Agencies Must Increase Native Voter Access

Our 2020 report, Obstacles at Every Turn: Barriers to Political Participation Faced by Native American Voters, identified voter registration opportunities across

Preparing for Upcoming Indigenous Knowledge Consultations

Special thanks to the panel presenters: Susan Anthony, USPTO; Aaron Jones, Tulalip Tribes of Washington; Lauren van Schilfgaarde, UCLA School of Law; Frank Ettawageshik,

Tule River Chair Testifies to Senate About Tribe’s Water Crisis

In recent years, the Tribe’s reservation has gone dry for several months each year, forcing members to shower from trucks and obtain bottled water at great expense. The settlement will secure water to be stored on the reservation as a much-needed year-round water source.

In Support of Leonard Peltier Clemency

September 15, 2022 Dear President Biden: I commend your administration’s commitment to righting past wrongs in our criminal justice system. In continuing that work

Brackeen Headed to the US Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to hear potentially the most important Indian law case in a generation when it decides whether Congress exceeded its constitutional powers when it enacted the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA).

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