Montana Indian Education for All (Yellow Kidney v. Montana)
The people of Montana committed to Indian Education for All. Unfortunately, state education officials have not followed through.
North Dakota Redistricting (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. Michael Howe)
The Spirit Lake Tribe, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, and several individual voters challenged North Dakota’s 2021 legislative map, as unlawfully diluting Native American voting rights. The court agreed and ordered the state to adopt a legal map by December 2023.
Protecting Bears Ears National Monument
Native nations have spent decades working to protect the sacred twin buttes shaped like the ears of a bear found in southeastern Utah.
Tribal Water Institute
TWI will provide legal support, train water attorneys, develop policy ideas, and educate state and federal decision makers, helping to ensure water is available for generations to come.
Native Voting Rights and Language Access (Toyukak v. Dahlstrom)
Alaska Native voters and Alaska Tribes successfully sued the State of Alaska, forcing it to comply with the language assistance provisions of the Voting Rights Act and the voting guarantees of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
