US Supreme Court Set to Decide if For-Profit Corporations Will Receive Money Set Aside for Governments
On Monday, April 19, 2021, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the...
Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction
Tribal Implementation Toolkit: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The “Tribal Implementation Toolkit,” produced in collaboration between the Native American Rights Fund, the University of Colorado Law School, and...
Biden Administration Moves Quickly to Revoke Illegal KXL Permit
On January 20, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order revoking the Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline permit issued by the...
Red Lake Nation Fisheries Win Helps Preserve Tribal Sovereignty
The Native American Rights Fund has helped to preserve the right of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians to...
Clemency for Lezmond Mitchell
The following letter was sent to the White House, Department of Justice, and Department of Interior requesting clemency for Lezmond...
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...
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...
Rosebud Statement of Support for CRST Lawsuit to Protect Reservation from COVID-19
Yesterday, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe filed suit against President Donald Trump, Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Dr. Deborah Birx,...
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...
