Gwich’in File Suit to Stop Oil and Gas Development in Arctic Refuge
On September 9, 2020, the Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government, Arctic Village Council, and Venetie Village Council (collectively “the...
Hunting and Fishing Rights
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...
Michigan Court Grants Temporary Shut Down of Line 5 Pipeline
Today a judge granted Attorney General Nessel’s request for a temporary restraining order, requiring Enbridge to immediately cease operation of...
Bristol Bay Tribes Sue Trump Administration for Illegal Removal of Environmental Protections
On Tuesday, October 8, 2019, NARF’s client the United Tribes of Bristol Bay and other Bristol Bay organizations brought suit...
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...
Trump’s Order Silences Alaskan Native Voices
NARF’s client, the Bering Sea Elders Group, released the following statement in response to today’s Executive Order. Bering Sea Elders...
PacRim Coal suspends permitting coal mine within the Ch’u’itnu; Powerful victory for the Native Village of Tyonek
Yesterday, the Native Village of Tyonek (NVT) secured a powerful victory in its fight against a proposed 25,000 acre open pit...
Letter from the Executive Director, Spring 2017
Letter from the Executive Director As we start this New Year – and a new Presidential Administration – I stand...
