NARF Cases and Projects Archive - Native American Rights Fund

Status: Active

Montana Voter Registration (Northern Cheyenne Tribe v. Montana)

On June 24, 2025, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), the ACLU of Montana, and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a Motion to Intervene in a case brought initially by the Montana Federation of Public Employees, challenging a new Montana law that restricts Native American participation in the state’s electoral process.

Status: Active

Tribes Protect Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Monument (Arizona State Legislature v. Biden)

The Havasupai and Hopi Tribes, along with the Navajo Nation, commit to defend the designation of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.

Status: Active

Enbridge’s Line 5 Pipeline (Bay Mills Indian Community)

Bay Mills Indian Community fights a proposed oil pipeline tunnel, which would run through their treaty protected sacred homelands and impact communities, local businesses, and the environment.

Status: Active

Protecting Tribal Homelands and Sacred Places: Chuckwalla National Monument

Tribal Nations are committed to protecting their homelands, cultural heritage, and sacred places at Chuckwalla National Monument.

Status: Active

U.S. v. Alaska (subsistence fishing rights)

The State of Alaska continues efforts to interfere with the subsistence fishing priority that is essential to Alaska Native physical, economic, traditional, and cultural existence.

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Montana Voter Registration (Northern Cheyenne Tribe v. Montana)

Tribes Protect Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Monument (Arizona State Legislature v. Biden)

Enbridge’s Line 5 Pipeline (Bay Mills Indian Community)

Protecting Tribal Homelands and Sacred Places: Chuckwalla National Monument

U.S. v. Alaska (subsistence fishing rights)

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