Native Vote Week
In honor of Voter Education Week (October 6-10, 2025), the Native American Rights Fund is holding a Native Vote Week to focus attention on Native voting rights and to uplift
A win for Tribal sovereignty
In a significant victory for Tribal sovereignty, the United States Supreme Court today denied cert in RunItOneTime LLC v. United States, a challenge to the constitutionality
Defending Oak Flat and protecting Native sacred places on federal lands
On September 15, 2025, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO) filed an amici curiae
Protecting Tribal waters in Alaska
With a wealth of unappropriated water, Alaska is uniquely situated to protect Tribal water resources and avoid over allocation mistakes made by states in the western United States. Because of the abundance of water, fights over the amount of allocated water in Alaska rarely occur.
Support for Bad River Band’s Line 5 challenge
Native American Rights Fund (NARF) applauds Bad River Band and green groups fighting to stop the new oil pipeline.
NARF, which represents the Bay Mills Indian Community
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
Democracy Reform Summit: Removing Barriers to Native Political Participation
Join us on Friday, October 3, at Arizona State University’s Beus Center for Law and Society for a discussion about how to counter antidemocratic reforms and reenvision a democracy that amplifies Native voices.
Join Tribal Nations in opposing Line 5 tunnel
The Bay Mills Indian Community, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians, and Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi filed notice on December 22, 2023, that they will appeal the Michigan Public Service Commission’s (MPSC) recent approval of a permit for Canadian oil giant Enbridge to build the Line 5 tunnel project beneath the Straits of Mackinac.
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.
