Tribal Nations disproportionately affected by federal funding freeze
A statement from NARF Executive Director John Echohawk:
Protections continue for Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument
The Havasupai Tribe, the Hopi Tribe, and the Navajo Nation defended their request to intervene in a lawsuit attacking their role as co-managers of the new Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, and challenging the laws that allow U.S. President Biden...
The Long Journey to Indian Education for All in Montana Continues
This winter in Montana, a class action lawsuit continues to seek justice for every Montana public school student...
A Warm Welcome for the New UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
On January 13, 2025, The Implementation Project (TIP), Native American Rights Fund (NARF), and University of Colorado Law School hosted a welcome reception at NARF’s
Winnebago appeals for the return of children’s remains under NAGPRA
The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to hold the U.S. Army accountable to its legal obligations under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) to repatriate Samuel’s and Edward’s remains from the Carlisle Cemetery to Winnebago.
Yes, Montana, disenfranchising Native voters violates the law
Native voters in Montana again successfully defend their rights as U.S. Supreme Court declined to review Montana Supreme Court decision.
An MLK Letter from our Executive Director John Echohawk
This January 20 we recognize Martin Luther King Day. It is a day on which many in the United States remember and honor Dr. King’s work and the long and ongoing fight for civil rights and social justice that he helped fos
North Dakota Native voting rights upheld by Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the lower court decision that preserves a North Dakota subdistrict that gives Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation reservation voters a long-awaited opportunity to elect state representation.
MHA Nation and Native voters argue for protection from gerrymandering
Voters and the MHA Nation urged the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss the lawsuit or to uphold the U.S. District Court’s ruling that found in favor the Tribal Nation...
Questions about Pembina Settlement Distribution?
On September 20, 2023, the Pembina Class Action Settlement Administrator began distribution of settlement proceeds to four Pembina Tribes (the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe of Montana, and the White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa Indians) and more than 30,000 individual eligible settlement class members.
