NARF Blog

NARF Staff Attorney Don Wharton argues on behalf of Eastern Shoshone Tribe in 10th Circuit Court of Appeals

Yesterday, November 17, NARF Staff Attorney Donald Wharton delivered oral argument in front of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Wyoming v. U.S. Environmental Protection

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.

Department of the Interior publishes final regulation on trust land acquisitions for Alaska Natives

Anchorage, Alaska Today the Department of the Interior published a final regulation removing the prohibition against the Secretary of the Interior acquiring lands

NARF filed amicus brief on behalf of NCAI and AAIA in Pueblo of Jemez v. United States

Earlier this month NARF filed an amicus brief on behalf of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and the Association on American Indian Affairs (AAIA) in Pueblo

Department of the Interior proposes regulations to make trust land acquisitions for Alaska Natives

Anchorage, Alaska The Department of the Interior issued a proposed regulation on April 30, 2014 authorizing petitions for lands to be taken into trust status on behalf

Federal court holds Interior Secretary retains authority to make trust land acquisitions for Alaska Natives

On March 31, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an important ruling in Akiachak Native Community, et al. v. Salazar that affirms the ability

NARF Executive Director John Echohawk to testify at SCIA hearing on the Impacts of the Carcieri and Patchak Decisions

Tomorrow, Thursday, September 13, NARF Executive Director John Echohawk will testify at a U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs oversight hearing on “Addressing

Preserve Sacred Places Now

Native Americans have held ceremonies, made spiritual journeys, and buried their relatives according to time-honored customs and traditions on sacred lands.

NARF Hosts National Day of Prayer for the Protection of Native American Sacred Places

Please join us on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, on NARF’s front lawn beginning at 7:00 am for a sunrise ceremony for the protection of Native American sacred places.

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