BOULDER, CO – John Echohawk, Executive Director for the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) has been appointed to serve on President-elect Obama’s agency
Today the ACLU of Louisiana (ACLU) and the Native American Rights Fund in Boulder, Colorado (NARF) announced a victory on behalf of a Native American child attending public
NEBRASKA – On October 18th, Pawnee Nation elders, leaders and tribal members reburied the remains of Pawnee ancestors. The remains were returned from museums
Washington D.C. – On July 24, 2008, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia heard oral arguments on 3 motions in Nez Perce Tribe v. Kempthorne, a tribal
Late July 30, 2008, a federal court ordered Alaska’s state and local elections officials to provide effective language assistance to citizens who speak Yup’ik,
VOTING RIGHTS ACT: Lawyers for elders, tribal councils say current translation practices are insufficient.
Re-published courtesy of Anchorage Daily News
By LISA DEMER
Government Continues To Violate Voting Rights Act, Groups Charge
On behalf of four Alaska Natives and four tribal governments, NARF and the American Civil Liberties
by: Jerry Reynolds / Indian Country Today
From the article:
Echohawk, a veteran of water rights issues, said that over the course of almost four decades, NARF has encountered