NARF Blog

NARF welcomes 2017 Summer Law Clerk and Siletz Grantee Nadine Padilla

At NARF, we are dedicated to supporting the next generation of Indian law lawyers and one way we do this is through our Law Clerk Program. NARF’s summer projects are extremely

US Tribes call for testimonies on missing American Indian and Alaska Native Boarding School Children for submission to the United Nations

On June 15, 2017, at its Mid‐Year Conference in Connecticut, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) adopted a resolution, sponsored by the Chickasaw Nation,

Don’t Let Them Take It Away

On April 26, Trump signed an Executive Order that set in to motion something that is nothing short of a land grab. What the current administration is seeking to do is take

Prof. Rebecca Tsosie: Current Issues in Intellectual Property Rights to Cultural Resources

Former NARF Board Member Professor Rebecca Tsosie is Regents Professor of Law at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law with the Indigenous Peoples Law

NARF Welcomes 2017 Summer Law Clerk Allison Athens

At NARF, we are dedicated to supporting the next generation of Indian law lawyers, and one way we do this is through our Law Clerk Program. This week we’re highlighting

Demeaning Speech and Mascots are Unacceptable

The Native American Rights Fund is extremely disappointed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Matal v. Tam. The decision appears to clear the legal pathway for the

NARF Welcomes 2017 Summer Law Clerk Ray Martin

At NARF, we are dedicated to supporting the next generation of Indian law lawyers, and one way we do this is through our Law Clerk Program. This week we’re highlighting

Tribal Nations Continuing to Support Action on Climate Change and Paris Accord

In spite of the disappointing news that President Trump has decided to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change, Tribal Nations, the National Congress of American

Peacemaking Discussion Panels at Michigan’s Cinetopia Film Festival

During the first two weeks of June, NARF Staff Attorney Brett Lee Shelton and others from NARF’s Indigenous Peacemaking Initiative will be in southeastern Michigan for

President Announces Commission to Investigate American Voters

Yesterday, the President announced the creation of the “Presidential Commission on Election Integrity,” a new body intended to investigate American voters for “improper”

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