A Pause to Assess the Impacts on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
On June 1, the Department of the Interior announced a temporary halt to oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The halt will remain in place while
CROW TRIBE SEEKS TO VACATE OUTDATED HUNTING RIGHTS JUDGMENT
Today, the Crow Tribe of Indians, represented by the Native American Rights Fund, asked the federal court in Wyoming to vacate the judgment from a case decided in the 1990s
Gwich’in Tribes Fight to Protect Sacred Arctic Lands
On December 15, 2020, the Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government, Arctic Village Council, and Venetie Village Council, sought a temporary restraining order and
We are the Land, We are the Air, We are the Water
In 2014, TransCanada, Inc., a company that develops and builds oil delivery pipelines, announced it would construct a pipeline from the tar sands fields in Alberta, Canada,
Trump’s Order Silences Alaskan Native Voices
NARF’s client, the Bering Sea Elders Group, released the following statement in response to today’s Executive Order.
Bering Sea Elders Group Condemns
PacRim Coal suspends permitting coal mine within the Ch’u’itnu; Powerful victory for the Native Village of Tyonek
Yesterday, the Native Village of Tyonek (NVT) secured a powerful victory in its fight against a proposed 25,000 acre open pit coal mine that threatened its homeland,
Federal Subsistence Board restores rural community status to Saxman Village
Yesterday the Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) officially restored the rural status of Saxman, Alaska. The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA)
Former NARF Board Member Billy Frank, Jr. to be awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
Yesterday, President Obama announced that Billy Frank, Jr. will be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor presented
NARF client Organized Village of Saxman testifies at U.S. House Subcommittee on Indian, Insular, and Alaska Native Affairs
Today The Honorable Lee Wallace, President of the Organized Village of Saxman (OVS), testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Indian, Insular, and Alaska Native
‘Like a Family Member Has Come Home’: Celebratory Potlatch in Tyonek Honors Gift from The Nature Conservancy
Alaska made history earlier this week as leaders from NARF’s client, the Native Village of Tyonek, hosted a potlatch to celebrate a gift of culturally important land.
