The NARF Legal Review is published semi-annually and provides updates on NARF’s cases and information on other timely Indian law topics. The most recent edition examines some of NARF’s cases from the Fall of 2024 through Spring of 2025. NARF’s cases featured in this edition of the Legal Review include:
NARF’s Work in Alaska Over the Years—The Native American Rights Fund has provided legal assistance to Tribes in Alaska since NARF’s founding in the early 1970s. In 1984, NARF opened an Alaska office so it could better serve Alaska Native Tribes and individuals. In the 40 years since NARF Alaska opened its doors, the office has litigated some of the most influential cases in the development of federal Indian law in Alaska. Below is an overview of the foundational work that NARF has done with and on behalf of Alaska Native Tribal governments and people.
National Indian Law Library—Alaska Natives, the National Indian Law Library’s go-to suggestion is David Case and David Voluck’s Alaska Natives and American Laws: Third Edition. This treatise is “the Alaskan equivalent of the late Felix Cohen’s Handbook of Federal Indian Law.”1 Alaska Native legal issues require a different set of laws and strategies from that of the Tribes in the lower 48 states, and this source is a great reference for navigating these considerations.
Tribal Supreme Court Project—The Tribal Supreme Court Project is part of the Tribal Sovereignty Protection Initiative and is staffed by the National Congress of American Indians and NARF. The Project’s goals are to promote greater coordination and improve strategies on litigation that may affect the rights of all Tribal Nations. We encourage Tribes to contact the Project, especially when considering a petition for a writ of certiorari, prior to the Supreme Court accepting a case for review. You can find copies of briefs and opinions on the major cases we track at sct.narf.org.
You can learn more about NARF’s work, current and past, in the Legal Review archive.
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