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NARF supports Tribal regalia bill

The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) is standing up for Native students’ rights by testifying in support of New Mexico’s SB 163, a bill that would protect the right to wear Tribal regalia at graduation ceremonies.

Happy Elizabeth Peratrovich Day!

Elizabeth Peratrovich was a Tlingit activist whose efforts led to the passage of the Alaska Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945, the first civil rights legislation in the

Decades of unmitigated pollution caused losses that Teck Cominco should compensate

Columbia River Treaty Tribes filed a Ninth Circuit amicus brief in support of the Colville Tribes compensation for service loss...

Native Americans and Immigration Enforcement — Know Your Rights

Native Americans born in the U.S. are U.S. citizens, and ICE cannot detain or deport them for immigration violations. Since 1924, federal law has guaranteed Native American

Coming together for land co-managment

To close out 2024, NARF and First Nations Development Institute co-hosted a national conference entitled Shared Horizons: Navigating Tribal Co-Stewardship and Co-Management

Tribal Nations disproportionately affected by federal funding freeze

A statement from NARF Executive Director John Echohawk:

Protections continue for Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument

The Havasupai Tribe, the Hopi Tribe, and the Navajo Nation defended their request to intervene in a lawsuit attacking their role as co-managers of the new Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, and challenging the laws that allow U.S. President Biden...

Native American Rights Fund

NARF supports Tribal regalia bill

Happy Elizabeth Peratrovich Day!

Decades of unmitigated pollution caused losses that Teck Cominco should compensate

Native Americans and Immigration Enforcement — Know Your Rights

Coming together for land co-managment

Tribal Nations disproportionately affected by federal funding freeze

Protections continue for Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument

A Warm Welcome for the New UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Yes, Montana, disenfranchising Native voters violates the law

Groups seek to intervene to protect voter rights

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