Native Americans and Immigration Enforcement — Know Your Rights
Native Americans born in the U.S. are U.S. citizens, and ICE cannot detain or deport them for immigration violations. Since 1924, federal law has guaranteed Native American
Coming together for land co-managment
To close out 2024, NARF and First Nations Development Institute co-hosted a national conference entitled Shared Horizons: Navigating Tribal Co-Stewardship and Co-Management
Instead of Jewelry, Give Justice
Valentine's Day, a day to celebrate love. Otu'han is the Lakota (Sioux) word translated as "giveaway".
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...
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
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.
Groups seek to intervene to protect voter rights
Update (January 20, 2025):
President Trump revoked President Biden Executive Order no. 14019 on January 20, 2025, with Executive Order 14148. With this revocation,
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.
