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US Supreme Court Set to Decide if For-Profit Corporations Will Receive Money Set Aside for Governments

On Monday, April 19, 2021, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation et al. In the case, state-chartered

Tribal Implementation Toolkit: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

The “Tribal Implementation Toolkit,” produced in collaboration between the Native American Rights Fund, the University of Colorado Law School, and UCLA Law’s Tribal

Red Lake Nation Fisheries Win Helps Preserve Tribal Sovereignty

The Native American Rights Fund has helped to preserve the right of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians to run their Tribal fisheries without interference from the federal

Clemency for Lezmond Mitchell

The following letter was sent to the White House, Department of Justice, and Department of Interior requesting clemency for Lezmond Mitchell. August 20, 2020 The Honorable

Seventh Circuit Reaffirms Oneida Nation Boundaries

Today, following in the footsteps of the US Supreme Court’s recent decision reaffirming the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s reservation boundaries, the US Court of

Historic Win in McGirt v. Oklahoma

The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), the nation’s oldest, largest, and most representative organization comprised of American Indian and Alaska Native

Trump must respect sovereignty when he visits Mt. Rushmore on July 3

Cheyenne River, Oglala, and Rosebud Sioux tell administration to respect sovereignty as they address pandemic Sioux Nation, South Dakota — In advance of President

Rosebud Statement of Support for CRST Lawsuit to Protect Reservation from COVID-19

Yesterday, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe filed suit against President Donald Trump, Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Dr. Deborah Birx, and other federal officials for abusing

KXL Pipeline Man Camps – The New Smallpox Blanket

Francis Parkman was the first to document British General Jeffrey Amherst’s shameful plan to exterminate Indians by giving them smallpox-infected blankets collected

Tribes, Treaties, and US Law

NARF Staff Attorney Natalie Landreth recently appeared on a Comcast Newsmakers segment to talk about the unique political and legal standing of Native tribes and their

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