Preventing an Oil Spill in the Great Lakes
The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) and Earthjustice represent the Bay Mills Indian Community (BMIC) in the tribal government’s fight...
Environmental Protection & Climate Change
NARF Celebrates Earth Day 2022
The Native American Rights Fund has marked 52 years since it was founded to tackle the many issues affecting Native...
Lummi Carvers Arrive At the Straits of Mackinac
To raise awareness about environmental threats to the Place Where Life Began (the Straits of Mackinac), the Bay Mills Indian...
Alaska Native Tribes and Tribal Organizations Support Inclusion in Federal Fisheries Management
This week NARF’s client, the Bering Sea Elders Group (BSEG), joined other Alaska Native governments and organizations in supporting the...
Tribes Respond to KXL Pipeline Termination
On Wednesday, June 9, 2021, TransCanada (TC Energy) announced that it is terminating its Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline project. Rosebud...
A Pause to Assess the Impacts on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
On June 1, the Department of the Interior announced a temporary halt to oil and gas development in the Arctic...
Gwich’in Tribes Fight to Protect Sacred Arctic Lands
On December 15, 2020, the Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government, Arctic Village Council, and Venetie Village Council, sought a...
Bristol Bay Tribes Welcome Pebble Mine Permit Denial
From our tribal clients: Bristol Bay Tribes and others are celebrating today’s news that the Army Corps of Engineers will...
Great Plains Tribes Win Important Legal Fight to Protect Tribal Water and Treaty Resources
The Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Association (GPTCA), the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), and the National Congress of American Indians...
Court Decision Protects the Badger-Two Medicine Area
Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit issued a ruling in Solenex v. Bernhardt, a case...
