Welcome to DC Summer Law Clerk Laura Daniels
At NARF, we are dedicated to supporting the next generation of Indian law lawyers, and one way we do this is through our Law Clerk Program. Today, we’re highlighting Laura
Native American Churches on Proposed Changes to Rules for the Religious Use of Bird Feathers
STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCHES OPPOSING CHANGES TO THE EXISTING UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE RULES PERTAINING TO THE RELIGIOUS
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In order to end the long history of discrimination against America’s Native peoples and further the right of tribes
Sovereign Immunity Cannot be Evaded by Sleight of Hand
In the Treaty of Point Elliott (1855), the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe ceded a large section of land in northwestern Washington to the United States. The Tribe was almost
Halting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline
November 2016 – NARF continues to stand firm for justice for the Standing Rock Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribes in their efforts to halt the construction of
Native American Rights Fund commits to defending the Indian Child Welfare Act
In 1978, Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in an effort to address the soaring rates at which state courts and child welfare agencies were removing Native
Hunting and Fishing Rights (Katie John v. Norton)
A 27-year legal battle over Alaska subsistence hunting and fishing rights.
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NARF Staff Attorney Melody McCoy presents at 26th annual Sovereignty Symposium
Later this week NARF Staff Attorney Melody McCoy will present on a panel discussing “the Status of Trust Issues in the Wake of Judicial Decisions” at the 26thannual Sovereignty
Individual Indian Money Accounts (Cobell v. Salazar)
This 1996 class action case sought to force an accounting to approximately 300,000 individual Indian money account holders whose funds are held in trust by the federal government.
