NARF Blog

Brackeen Oral Arguments on Nov. 9

The latest news from "Brackeen v. Haaland." For decades, the Indian Child Welfare Act has been recognized by child welfare experts as the gold standard in child welfare practice. Anti-tribal interests have launched a series of legal challenges against ICWA. Brackeen is the most prominent.

Utility Cooperative Again Seeks to Undermine Tribal Jurisdiction

A Montana utility cooperative has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lawsuit the cooperative lost to the Crow Tribe of Montana and its members. In Big Horn County Electric

Call for Indigenous Tourism Resources

The Indigenous Tourism Collaborative of the Americas seeks recommended resources to help create an Indigenous Tourism Resource Portal.

How Can Tribes Help Voters Get Registered?

Steps to help tribes provide voter registration, polling places, and addressing in their communities.

In Support of Leonard Peltier Clemency

September 15, 2022 Dear President Biden: I commend your administration’s commitment to righting past wrongs in our criminal justice system. In continuing that work

Reminder to Register or Update Voter Registration

Every year, millions of voters miss a registration deadline that would have allowed them to vote.

Motor-Voter Settlement Will Bring Far-reaching Improvements for South Dakota Voters

Voters across South Dakota will benefit from the settlement resolving a lawsuit challenging South Dakota’s numerous violations of the National Voter Registration Act.

After State of Alaska Fails to Address Voter Disenfranchisement, Groups File Suit

The Native American Rights Fund (NARF), ACLU of Alaska, and Perkins Coie are taking the State of Alaska to court after it refused to address ballot curing issues that disenfranchised

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.

The Impact of Federal and State Removal Policies and Indian Boarding Schools

Children at an Indian Boarding School. From the early 1800s through the 1970s, federal, state, and church assimilation policies and practices led to the forcible removal

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