Traditional Knowledge at the UN
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is an advisory body to the Economic and Social Council of...
International Matters
March 15-16, 2019: Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the US
On March 15-16, 2019, the University of Colorado Law School and Native American Rights Fund will host a conference to...
UN Moves Forward in Implementing Indigenous Platform
Because of their close connection to the natural world, indigenous peoples are among those most affected by climate change, despite...
NARF presents at World Intellectual Property Organization
On June 25, 2018, NARF Staff Attorney Sue Noe presented at the 36th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization...
US Tribes call for testimonies on missing American Indian and Alaska Native Boarding School Children for submission to the United Nations
On June 15, 2017, at its Mid‐Year Conference in Connecticut, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) adopted a resolution,...
Prof. Rebecca Tsosie: Current Issues in Intellectual Property Rights to Cultural Resources
Former NARF Board Member Professor Rebecca Tsosie is Regents Professor of Law at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers...
Tribal Nations Continuing to Support Action on Climate Change and Paris Accord
In spite of the disappointing news that President Trump has decided to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change,...
Standing Firm for the Interests of Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations
Indigenous peoples are not currently included in the United Nations structure in a manner consistent with their right to self-determination,...
What Happened in 2016?
As we come to the end of another year, we wanted to take a moment and update you, our supporters,...
NARF Staff Attorney Heather Whiteman Runs Him addresses UN’s Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
This week, NARF Staff Attorney Heather Whiteman Runs Him is in Geneva, Switzerland, attending the Ninth Session of the Expert...
