Native American Rights Fund (NARF): Nonprofit Indian Law Firm : Native American Rights Fund

We ask for nothing more, and will accept nothing less than the US government keeping the promises made to Native Americans. - John Echohawk

To strengthen protections for Native American peoples’ sacred places, NARF has launched a new project.

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The Crow Tribe defended its sovereignty in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

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Tribes and voters are challenging North Dakota’s state legislative map as unlawfully diluting Native voting rights.

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Quote from South Dakota plaintiff: "I was denied the opportunity to cast a vote in the 2020 presidential election because the state didn't process my voter registration. We cannot allow voter suppression to continue in South Dakota or anywhere in Native America." - Kimberly Dillon, Rosebud Sioux, Rapid City, South Dakota

South Dakota Systematically Failed to Provide Mandatory Voter Registration Services

May 27, 2022

On May 26, 2022, a federal judge in South Dakota ruled that the state has committed numerous violations of the...

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Since 1970, NARF (a 501c(3) nonprofit) has provided specialized legal assistance to Native American tribes, organizations, and individuals nationwide.

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NARF has achieved great progress for Indian Country in such critical areas as tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, natural resource protection, voting rights, and Indian education.

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NARF is governed by a Native American board of directors with thirteen representatives from tribes representing the regions of the United States, including Alaska and Hawai'i.

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About 59 percent of tribes have a tribal judicial system. NARF supports the Indigenous Peacemaking Initiative and the ability of tribe's to define their own culturally based forms of justice.

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