NARF Cases and Projects Archive - Native American Rights Fund

Status: Active

Eagle Feathers at Graduation (Waln v. Dysart School District)

The Walns asked the court to declare it illegal to ban Native American graduating students from expressing their academic achievement and religious beliefs through beaded caps and eagle feathers or plumes.

Status: Active

Tribes Challenge Proof of Address Requirements in Arizona

The Tohono O’odham Nation and the Gila River Indian Community filed a lawsuit challenging an Arizona law that would make it difficult to impossible for many tribal citizens to vote.

Status: Active

Lyman County (SD) Redistricting (Lower Brule Sioux Tribe v. Lyman County)

A delayed redistricting plan in Lyman County disenfranchises Native American voters. A preliminary injunction requires the county, by 2024, to replace an at-large election system that has made it impossible for Native voters to elect local representation for 30 years.

Status: Active

Bristol Bay Protections – Pebble Mine (Bristol Bay Economic Development Corp v. Hladick)

In Alaska, Bristol Bay tribal nations seek to protect the area’s water ways and unparalleled salmon runs, which are an integral part of the Indigenous peoples’ traditional lifeways.

Status: Active

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.

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Eagle Feathers at Graduation (Waln v. Dysart School District)

Tribes Challenge Proof of Address Requirements in Arizona

Lyman County (SD) Redistricting (Lower Brule Sioux Tribe v. Lyman County)

Bristol Bay Protections – Pebble Mine (Bristol Bay Economic Development Corp v. Hladick)

Protecting Bears Ears National Monument

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