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Michigan Approves Permit for Disastrous Line 5 Oil Tunnel Under Great Lakes

A coalition of more than 60 Tribal Nations from across the Midwest and Canada led by the Bay Mills Indian Community has weighed in on Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s lawsuit to remove the Line 5 oil pipeline from the heart of the Great Lakes.

Tribal Nations Stand with Bad River Band to Eject Enbridge from Reservation

Tribal Nations and tribal organizations filed an amicus brief outlining the U.S. trespass laws that protect the inherent sovereignty of Tribal Nations and their lands from corporate land grabs.

Grand Canyon Protected from Mining

UPDATE: On August 8, 2023, President Biden designated the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni monument near the Grand Canyon National Park. The designation of the monument will

NARF Celebrates Earth Day 2023

A Message for Earth Day from NARF’s Green Office Committee: As we reflect on Earth Day again this year, NARF continues to focus on our Native tradition of protecting water

EPA Takes Action to Stop Pebble Mine

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a “Recommended Determination” detailing potential Clean Water Act protections for Bristol Bay that could address the threat...

Stand Strong with the Bay Mills Indian Community to Protect Treaty Rights and the Straits of Mackinac

Enbridge Energy wants to build a tunnel under the Great Lakes at the Straits of Mackinac, a place the Bay Mills Indian Community and other Anishinaabe peoples consider sacred.

Preserving Iizhik Gwats’an Gwandaii Goodlit

The Neets’ąįį Gwich’in and their work to protect the Arctic Refuge Caribou photo courtesy of Florian Schulz. In 2017, the Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Lummi Carvers Arrive At the Straits of Mackinac

To raise awareness about environmental threats to the Place Where Life Began (the Straits of Mackinac), the Bay Mills Indian Community (BMIC) welcomed the House of Tears

Alaska Native Tribes and Tribal Organizations Support Inclusion in Federal Fisheries Management

This week NARF’s client, the Bering Sea Elders Group (BSEG), joined other Alaska Native governments and organizations in supporting the Fisheries for the Future

Tribes Respond to KXL Pipeline Termination

On Wednesday, June 9, 2021, TransCanada (TC Energy) announced that it is terminating its Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline project. Rosebud Sioux Tribe President Rodney M.

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