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Progress Across Indian Country
Strengthening education
In Montana, Tribal Nations and Native students secured a landmark victory that strengthens the state’s commitment to teaching all students about the histories, cultures, and contemporary lives of Native peoples.
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Protecting traditional lifeways
In Alaska, decades of advocacy helped secure lasting protections for Alaska Native subsistence fishing and hunting.
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Bringing Native children home
The Winnebago Tribe won an important ruling affirming that federal repatriation law can apply to Native children buried at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School.
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Protecting sacred lands and waters
In Michigan, Tribal Nations won a major ruling requiring renewed review of a proposed Line 5 tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac.
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Donate to NARF →About the Native American Rights Fund
Since 1970, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) has worked alongside Tribal Nations, Native organizations, and individuals to defend Native American rights through litigation, legal advocacy, and expertise. Founded to address the need for specialized legal representation in Indian law, NARF holds governments accountable to their legal obligations and works to protect Tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, lands, waters, and Native ways of life.
For more than 50 years, NARF has helped secure important legal victories for hundreds of Tribal Nations, from protecting sacred places and religious freedoms to defending voting rights, Tribal self-governance, and access to natural resources. Through its legal work, NARF continues to address historical injustices, strengthen protections for Native communities, and help safeguard the rights of future generations.
