Preventing an Oil Spill in the Great Lakes
The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) and Earthjustice represent the Bay Mills Indian Community (BMIC) in the tribal government’s fight...
Native Lands & Sacred Places (Land Back, Treaty Rights, Tribal Homelands, National Historic Places Protections)
A New Model for Tribal Co-Management and Indigenous-Led Research and Economic Development in the Pribilof Islands Marine Ecosystem
NARF client, Aleut Community of St. Paul Island (ACSPI) is announcing today the Pribilof Islands Marine Ecosystem (PRIME) Initiative, a...
October 11 is Indigenous Peoples Day
Today is Indigenous Peoples Day, and there is much to celebrate! On October 8, 2021, President Biden signed a proclamation...
NARF Donates Received Land Back to the Osage Nation
The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) donated 20 acres of ancestral land back to Osage Nation at a deed transfer...
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...
Tribes Respond to KXL Pipeline Termination
On Wednesday, June 9, 2021, TransCanada (TC Energy) announced that it is terminating its Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline project. Rosebud...
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...
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...
Seventh Circuit Reaffirms Oneida Nation Boundaries
Today, following in the footsteps of the US Supreme Court’s recent decision reaffirming the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s reservation boundaries, the...
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...
