As we come to the end of a challenging year, Tribal Nations continue to face mounting threats to their lifeways, sacred places, homelands, waters, and sovereign rights.
On November 19, 2025, the Klamath Tribes filed a motion to amend their petition in the Circuit Court of Klamath County. The amended petition seeks to reverse recent illegal orders that replaced a long-time administrative law judge in the Klamath Basin Adjudication (KBA) on the heels of a secret deal cut between the Oregon State Office of Administrative Hearings and certain water users in the Upper Klamath Basin.
The NARF Legal Review is published semi-annually and provides updates on NARF’s cases and information on other timely Indian law topics. The most recent edition examines some of NARF’s cases from the Spring of 2025 through Fall of 2025. .
As this season of gratitude arrives, we pause to reflect on the blessings in our lives — the warmth of family and friends, the nourishment on our tables, and the strength
The Spirit Lake Tribe, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, and several individual voters filed an en banc petition urging the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to reconsider a recent decision that stripped voters of their right...
The importance of fish to so many Alaskans has led to persistent conflicts about who manages fishing on which waterways. For many Tribal Nations in Alaska, no issue matters more than subsistence fishing.
Tribal Nations are sovereign governments with inherent authority over their lands and citizens. This is a political status that predates the establishment of the United
In our longstanding work supporting Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities, NARF has been committed to helping foster respectful, just, and sovereign relationships around sacred places, ancestral burials, and cultural objects. That’s why we’re proud to share and promote the Sacred Grounds: A Right Relations Guidebook on Native Burials and Cultural Items, co-authored with Land Justice Futures.