NARF Blog

Speaking Out for Incarcerated Native People and Protecting Native Culture

Native organizations provide critical context and information on Native prisoners’ rights and the preservation of Native religious practice. Forced haircuts by prison officials substantially burden religious practice.

Shoshone-Bannock Protects Treaty Rights and Homelands

UPDATE: On August 22, 2025, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of theFort

Native American Voters Bring Voting Rights Act Case to the Supreme Court

The Spirit Lake Tribe, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, and several individual voters filed an en banc petition urging the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to reconsider a recent decision that stripped voters of their right...

Democracy Reform Summit: Removing Barriers to Native Political Participation

Join us on Friday, October 3, at Arizona State University’s Beus Center for Law and Society for a discussion about how to counter antidemocratic reforms and reenvision a democracy that amplifies Native voices.

Join Tribal Nations in Opposing Line 5 Tunnel

The Bay Mills Indian Community, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians, and Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi filed notice on December 22, 2023, that they will appeal the Michigan Public Service Commission’s (MPSC) recent approval of a permit for Canadian oil giant Enbridge to build the Line 5 tunnel project beneath the Straits of Mackinac.

Defending Tribal court jurisdiction

Tribal Nation courts possess jurisdiction over family law matters involving Tribal citizens, including divorces. In 2008, Robert William Tix — a member of the Prairie

Subsistence Fishing Rights Protected in Alaska

A news release from our client the Association of Village Council Presidents: Association of Village Council Presidents and Allies Win Federal Court Case Which Protects

Water Knows No Boundaries

Law review article tackles the imperative that Tribal Nations develop their own legal mechanism to protect their water resources and rights.

County Must Update Voting Map so Chippewa Cree Votes Also Count

The Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation and Native voters filed a lawsuit challenging Chouteau County’s unfair, at-large voting system. The suit alleges the system unlawfully dilutes the voting strength of Native voters and has denied them any representation on the county commission for more than a decade.

Tribal Nations Continue to Protect Chuckwalla Homelands

Today, on behalf of the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe, Chemeheuvi Indian Tribe, Colorado River Indian Tribes, and Morongo Band of Mission Indians, the Native American Rights Fund filed to intervene in Torongo v. Burgum, a case that threatens the long-sought designation of the Chuckwalla National Monument.

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