Counting All Persons in the US Census
This week, NARF gave the US Supreme Court a little history lesson, pushing back against those who argue that unauthorized immigrants in the United States are not even “persons.”
NARF and NCAI Applaud Proposed Census Extension
The census is a keystone of our representative government. Making sure that Native Americans are accurately counted in Census 2020 is a top civil rights issue in Indian
Three National Native American Organizations Partner for Historic Census Initiative
The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), National Urban Indian Family Coalition (NUIFC), and the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) have partnered to create
RNC Must Stop Sending Deceptive Solicitation Letters that Imitate the Census Survey
On October 17, 2019, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee) and the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) issued a demand letter to the Republican
Civil Rights Organizations Applaud Timely Release by Census Director Identifying Jurisdictions that Must Provide Language Assistance under Section 203 of Voting Rights Act
On December 5, 2016, the Director of the U.S. Census Bureau issued a notice of determination identifying the jurisdictions subject to the language assistance provisions
Supreme Court case on absentee ballots could further disenfranchise Native voters
On January 9, 2026, three Native American organizations—National Congress of American Indians, Alaska Federation of Natives, and Native Vote Washington—filed an amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court in the case, Watson v. Republican National Committee, which addresses state deadlines for ballots received after Election Day. At issue in the case is a bipartisan Mississippi law, which allows absentee ballots that are mailed by Election Day and received by the registrar within five business days after Election Day.
Montana Voter Dilution through At-Large Elections (Chippewa Cree v. Chouteau County)
In August 2025, the Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation and two Native voters filed a federal lawsuit challenging Chouteau County, Montana’s at-large
Native American Voting Rights Website
Find resources and information related to the census, redistricting, voter services, reservation registration and polling places, addressing and ballots, Section 203 language assistance, voting rights legislation, and litigation.
North Dakota Redistricting (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians v. Michael Howe)
Individual voters, the Spirit Lake Tribe and the Turtle Mountain Chippewa proved North Dakota’s 2021 legislative map unlawfully diluted Native American voting rights.
Defending a Majority Native-Voter Subdistrict in North Dakota (Walen v. Burgum)
Individual voters in North Dakota and the MHA Nation joined the Walen v. Burgum lawsuit to prevent a majority-Native-voter legislative subdistrict from being eliminated.
