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Continuing Efforts to Provide Language Assistance to Alaska Native Voters

August 23, 2023 photo from the settlement conference, front row from left to right: Nellie Thomas, Anecia Toyukak, and Mike Toyukak. Back row from left to right: Megan

Native Voters in North Dakota Secure Big Wins for Fair Representation

North Dakota has a long and ongoing history of discrimination against Native Americans, including denying Native voters an equal voice in the state’s elections.

NCAI Defends its Free Speech and Stands Strong Against Hateful Mascots

UPDATE: In January 2024, the case against the National Congress of American Indians was dismissed with prejudice, and the case against NCAI has been concluded. On December

Judge Shanlyn Park Confirmed to U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai’i

On November 30, 2023, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), and the National Native American Bar Association (NNABA)

Native Judges Belong on the Federal Bench

By Morgan Saunders, Staff Attorney at the Native American Rights Fund and Lena Zwarensteyn, Senior Director of the Fair Courts Program at The Leadership Conference on

Be a Part of Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday is a celebration of our inherent desire to help each other, show kindness, and give. It is an exciting...

First-of-its-Kind Tribal Water Institute

Walton Family Foundation commits 1.4 Million On November 13, the Native American Rights Fund and the Walton Family Foundation announced the creation of the Tribal Water

U.S. District of North Dakota Court Rules: We Agree with the MHA Nation and the State

Native American voters and the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation (MHA) alongside the state of North Dakota, successfully defended the creation of House District 4A, a subdistrict that follows the boundaries of MHA’s Fort Berthold Reservation.

November is Native American Heritage Month: Be a Part of the Change

November is Native American Heritage Month. It is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the various cultures, art, religions, languages, music, and traditions of this

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.

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