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NARF wins case that upholds Alaska tribal government sovereignty

On Friday, December 9, the Alaska Supreme Court agreed with NARF attorney Heather Kendall-Miller’s legal arguments and upheld Alaska tribal government sovereignty

Tribal Constitution Handbook Now Available

Tribal Constitution Handbook: A Guide to Writing and Revising Tribal Constitutions] A tribe’s fundamental act of self-governance is the writing or revising

Obama Signs Executive Order on American Indian and Alaska Native education

At last Friday’s White House Tribal Nations Conference, President Obama announced he had signed an executive order establishing a White House initiative on American

NARF Joins With Environmental Leaders to Call on Administration to Fix Pacific Salmon Crisis

NARF has joined with leaders of six of the nation’s leading environmental and conservation groups to call on Commerce Secretary John Bryson and Council for Environmental

NARF, TEDNA, and CTUIR present briefing on the Native Class Act

Interested in learning more about Indian education efforts in Congress? NARF Staff Attorney Amy Bowers will present a briefing on the Native Class Act at NCAI this Wednesday,

NARF Sponsors Indian Water Rights Symposium

On August 23-25, 2011, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) and the Western States Water Council (WSWC) held the twelfth Symposium on the Settlement of Indian Reserved

NARF Attorney Natalie Landreth to Argue in Ninth Circuit

Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Attorney Natalie Landreth will argue an historic hunting and fishing rights case, Eyak v. Locke, Secretary of Commerce, before the

NARF Testifies for Native Education

NARF staff attorney Amy Bowers testified before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs last month in support of the Native Culture, Language, and Access for Success

State high court empowers tribes’ child custody decisions

Alaska Supreme Court Alaska v. Tanana the Court ruled that tribal courts have authority to initiate and adjudicate children’s cases without going through state courts.

THE NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND NAMED ONE OF “40 HEROES” AT THE ACLU’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY LIBERTY AWARDS GALA

Anchorage, Alaska On January 22, the Alaska Office of the Native American Rights Fund was named one of the 40 Heroes of Constitutional Rights by the American Civil Liberties

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