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Court Finds Endangered Species Act Violation
The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon ruled in favor of the Klamath Tribes on September 11, 2023, finding that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation violated rights the Tribes reserved through treaty and the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by allocating water in a drought year to irrigators.
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Sacred Badger-Two Medicine Area Protected
On September 1, 2023, the United States reached a settlement in Solenex LLC v. Haaland. Under the agreement, Louisiana-based Solenex—which had been fighting to reestablish
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Summer 2024 Opportunity to Clerk at NARF
Second-year law school students have until September 15, 2023, to submit their Summer 2024 Law Clerkship application to the Native American Rights Fund (NARF). Law clerks
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Protect Your Legacy & Loved Ones
August is Make-A-Will month, which makes it a great time to take care of this very important, if not very fun, task.
Wills are not only for wealthy people. Without a will,
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Grand Canyon Protected from Mining
UPDATE: On August 8, 2023, President Biden designated the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni monument near the Grand Canyon National Park. The designation of the monument will
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Thurgood Marshall Award Honors Lifelong Defense of Native American Rights
The American Bar Association will bestow the 2023 Thurgood Marshall Award to John E. Echohawk, the co-founder and Executive Director of the Native American Rights Fund...
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Virtual Water Rights Symposium Aug 8-9, 2023
Since 1991, the Native American Rights Fund and the Western States Water Council (WSWC) have sponsored a biennial symposium to discuss the settlement of Indian reserved
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Welcome to Summer Law Clerk and Siletz Winner, Alyson White Eagle-Sounding Sides!
Alyson White Eagle-SoundingSides is Northern Arapaho from the Wind River Reservation. She graduated from Wyoming Indian High School in Ethete, Wyoming, and went on
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Retired Illinois Mascot Still Causing Harm
The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) recently contacted the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign about their mascot and the effects of stereotyped Native imagery