Historic Win in McGirt v. Oklahoma
The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), the nation’s oldest, largest, and most representative organization comprised of American Indian and...
Native Lands
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...
Trump must respect sovereignty when he visits Mt. Rushmore on July 3
Cheyenne River, Oglala, and Rosebud Sioux tell administration to respect sovereignty as they address pandemic Sioux Nation, South Dakota — In...
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...
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...
KXL Pipeline Man Camps – The New Smallpox Blanket
Francis Parkman was the first to document British General Jeffrey Amherst’s shameful plan to exterminate Indians by giving them smallpox-infected...
Seventh Circuit Hears Oneida Nation Case April 13
On April 13, 2020, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit heard oral arguments in Oneida Nation v....
TransCanada Pushes KXL Construction Despite COVID-19 Threats
On the same day the Trump Administration announced that up to 240,000 people may succumb to the COVID-19 virus, TransCanada...
A Letter to Tribal Leaders from Rodney Bordeaux, President, Rosebud Sioux Tribe
TC Energy Must Comply with Rosebud Law Authored by Rodney Bordeaux, President, Rosebud Sioux Tribe Greetings my friends and relatives,...
This Land is Our Land: Save Bears Ears National Monument
by Sonia Tamez It’s been eight months since I visited the Bears Ears area, and I am still dreaming of...
