NARF Blog

Native Students Plan for Graduation

For Native students and their families, planning for graduation includes determining if their school graduation policies are in accord with the right of Indigenous people to wear traditional clothing or religious and cultural items to their graduation ceremony.

Eliminating Hair Discrimination in Texas Schools

"Updates to the Texas Education Code to comply with the CROWN Act could quickly make positive changes for public school students who wear traditional braids, locks, or twists," said NARF Deputy Director Matthew Campbell.

Tribes Lead Process to Bring Children Home from Carlisle

After 145 years, it is time for Amos LaFromboise to return home to Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate (SWO).

Student Demands Justice After School Targets Her Eagle Plume at Oklahoma Graduation Ceremony

High school graduate Lena’ Black filed a lawsuit against the Broken Arrow School District for violating her rights to free exercise of religion...

Native Religious Freedom Lawsuit Settles After Raising Awareness

On April 18, 2023, Larissa Waln (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate) and her father Bryan Waln (Rosebud Sioux) announced their agreement to settle their lawsuit against Dysart School District.

NARF Demands Change from Charter Schools Forcing Native Boys to Cut Hair

UPDATE: At Thursday’s meeting, despite a room full of parents and allies who wish to see the short-hair-policy removed, the CCSL school board refused to discuss the issue

Court Panel Urged to Protect Oak Flat and Tribal Religious Practices

The Tohono O’odham Nation, Tonto Apache Tribe, San Juan Southern Paiute, Association on American Indian Affairs, and the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers filed an amicus brief in Apache Stronghold v. ...

Submission to UN Special Rapporteur on Native American Religious Freedom

In early July 2022, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) provided information to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Ahmed Shaheed about ongoing

October 11 is Indigenous Peoples Day

Today is Indigenous Peoples Day, and there is much to celebrate! On October 8, 2021, President Biden signed a proclamation restoring protections for the Bears Ears National

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

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