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...
Hunting and Fishing Rights
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...
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...
CROW TRIBE SEEKS TO VACATE OUTDATED HUNTING RIGHTS JUDGMENT
Today, the Crow Tribe of Indians, represented by the Native American Rights Fund, asked the federal court in Wyoming to...
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...
Organized Village of Kake Seeks to Join Federal Suit Over Subsistence Rights
On August 27, 2020, the Organized Village of Kake, a federally recognized tribal government, filed to intervene in the federal...
Most Recent Legal Review Features Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The NARF Legal Review is published semi-annually and provides updates on NARF’s cases and information on other timely Indian law...
US Supreme Court Affirms Crow Tribe Treaty Rights
Despite an 1868 Treaty providing that the Crow Tribe retained the right to hunt off-reservation on certain lands ceded by...
We are the Land, We are the Air, We are the Water
In 2014, TransCanada, Inc., a company that develops and builds oil delivery pipelines, announced it would construct a pipeline from...
