NARF Blog

Winnebago goes to appeals court to bring children home

The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to hold the U.S. Army accountable to its legal obligations under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) to repatriate Samuel’s and Edward’s remains from the Carlisle Cemetery to Winnebago.

Support for Bad River Band’s Line 5 Challenge

Native American Rights Fund (NARF) applauds Bad River Band and green groups fighting to stop the new oil pipeline. NARF, which represents the Bay Mills Indian Community

Speaking Out for Incarcerated Native People and Protecting Native Culture

Native organizations provide critical context and information on Native prisoners’ rights and the preservation of Native religious practice. Forced haircuts by prison officials substantially burden religious practice.

Shoshone-Bannock Protects Treaty Rights and Homelands

UPDATE: On August 22, 2025, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort

Native American Voters Bring Voting Rights Act Case to the Supreme Court

The Spirit Lake Tribe, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, and several individual voters filed an en banc petition urging the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to reconsider a recent decision that stripped voters of their right...

Democracy Reform Summit: Removing Barriers to Native Political Participation

Join us on Friday, October 3, at Arizona State University’s Beus Center for Law and Society for a discussion about how to counter antidemocratic reforms and reenvision a democracy that amplifies Native voices.

Join Tribal Nations in Opposing Line 5 Tunnel

The Bay Mills Indian Community, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians, and Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi filed notice on December 22, 2023, that they will appeal the Michigan Public Service Commission’s (MPSC) recent approval of a permit for Canadian oil giant Enbridge to build the Line 5 tunnel project beneath the Straits of Mackinac.

Native American Rights Fund

Winnebago goes to appeals court to bring children home

Support for Bad River Band’s Line 5 Challenge

Speaking Out for Incarcerated Native People and Protecting Native Culture

Shoshone-Bannock Protects Treaty Rights and Homelands

Native American Voters Bring Voting Rights Act Case to the Supreme Court

Democracy Reform Summit: Removing Barriers to Native Political Participation

Join Tribal Nations in Opposing Line 5 Tunnel

Defending Tribal court jurisdiction

Subsistence Fishing Rights Protected in Alaska

Water Knows No Boundaries

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