NARF Executive Director appointed to Obama transition team
BOULDER, CO – John Echohawk, Executive Director for the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) has been appointed to serve on President-elect Obama’s agency
Victory for Native American Religious Freedom
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
Pawnee Nation reburies ancestors
NEBRASKA – On October 18th, Pawnee Nation elders, leaders and tribal members reburied the remains of Pawnee ancestors. The remains were returned from museums
Court Upholds Rights of Alaska Native Voters Who Need Language Assistance
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,
Lawsuit seeks ballots for Yup’ik speakers
VOTING RIGHTS ACT: Lawyers for elders, tribal councils say current translation practices are insufficient.
Re-published courtesy of Anchorage Daily News
By LISA DEMER
Stop Disenfranchisement of Alaska Natives Who Need Language Assistance
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
‘Winters Doctrine’ on water rights still haunts the American West
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
