Support for Apache Stronghold’s petition to protect religious freedoms
Tribal Nations and organizations urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review lower court rulings impacting religious freedom and the sacred place called Oak Flat in English.
Native Religious Freedom Lawsuit Settles After Raising Awareness
On April 18, 2023, Larissa Waln (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate) and her father Bryan Waln (Rosebud Sioux) announced their agreement to settle their lawsuit against Dysart School District.
Submission to UN Special Rapporteur on Native American Religious Freedom
In early July 2022, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) provided information to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Ahmed Shaheed about ongoing
NARF hosts pro bono legal team focused on American Indian religious freedom
NARF Staff Attorney Steve Moore, David Armstrong (Wisconsin Judicare), James Botsford, and President Linda Benally (National Native American Bar Association) have
Victory for American Indian Religious Freedom
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Last month, the ACLU of Louisiana (ACLU) and the Native American Rights Fund in Boulder, Colorado (NARF) announced a victory on behalf of a Native
Victory for Native American Religious Freedom
Today the ACLU of Louisiana (ACLU) and the Native American Rights Fund in Boulder, Colorado (NARF) announced a victory on behalf of a Native American child attending public
Protecting Oak Flat and Tribal Religious Practices (Apache Stronghold v. U.S.)
Tribal Nations and Native organizations ask the courts to recognize that Religious Freedom Restoration Act protections do prevent a foreign mining company from destroying a sacred place the Apache call Chí’chil Biłdagoteel, which translates into English as “Oak Flat.”
Healing from the Dark Period of Religious and Cultural Persecution
The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) and the National Indian Law Library (NILL) have compiled and published an online collection of resources about the religious and
Protecting Religious Expression at a Texas Graduation
Last fall, Charity Goodall-Smith began making arrangements for her son, Tacoda Goodall, to wear an eagle feather and beaded cap at his graduation from Midway High School
