Protecting Tribal Homelands and Sacred Places: Chuckwalla National Monument
Tribal Nations are committed to protecting their homelands, cultural heritage, and sacred places at Chuckwalla National Monument.
Enbridge’s Line 5 Pipeline (Bay Mills Indian Community)
Bay Mills Indian Community fights a proposed oil pipeline tunnel, which would run through their treaty protected sacred homelands and impact communities, local businesses, and the environment.
Montana Voter Registration (Northern Cheyenne Tribe, et al. v. Montana)
On June 24, 2025, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), the ACLU of Montana, and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a Motion to Intervene in a case brought initially by the Montana Federation of Public Employees, challenging a new Montana law that restricts Native American participation in the state’s electoral process.
Tribes Move to Defend EPA’s Tribal Water Rights Rule (State of Idaho v. EPA)
Tribal Nations are defending their water rights and the EPA’s Tribal Reserved Rights Rule, after 12 states filed a lawsuit to dismantle it.
Protecting Oak Flat and Tribal Religious Practices (Apache Stronghold v. U.S.)
Tribal Nations and Native organizations ask the courts to recognize that Religious Freedom Restoration Act protections do prevent a foreign mining company from destroying a sacred place the Apache call Chí’chil Biłdagoteel, which translates into English as “Oak Flat.”
