On July 12, 2024, a U.S. District Court in Virginia heard why the Winnebago Tribe v. U.S. Army lawsuit needs to go to trial instead of being dismissed as the U.S. Army would prefer. Tribes deserve to have their day in court. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g5ddkvN9 #BoardingSchool #NAGPRA
About us
Since 1970, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) has provided specialized legal assistance to Indian tribes, organizations, and individuals nationwide who might otherwise have gone without adequate representation. NARF has successfully asserted and defended the most important rights of Indians and tribes in hundreds of major cases and has achieved significant results in such critical areas as tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, natural resource protection, and Indian education. NARF is a non-profit 501c(3) organization that focuses on guaranteeing that federal and state governments live up to their legal obligations. In 2020, NARF released a groundbreaking report on the obstacles to political participation experienced by Native voters. Learn more and get the report and latest actions at https://vote.narf.org/
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https://www.narf.org
External link for Native American Rights Fund
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Boulder, Colorado
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1970
- Specialties
- Indian Law, Human Rights, Civil Rights, Tribal Sovereignty, Water Rights, Indian Child Welfare Act, Education, Peacemaking, Natural Resource Protection, Religious Rights, Indigenous Rights, and Intellectual Property
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Primary
1506 Broadway St
Boulder, Colorado 80302-6296, US
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745 W 4th Ave
Anchorage, Alaska 99501, US
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1514 P St NW
Washington, District of Columbia, US
Employees at Native American Rights Fund
Updates
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#Peacemaking helps Tribal communities heal: https://lnkd.in/g2Dzei3h
Peacemaking Helps Tribal Communities Heal - Native American Rights Fund
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“The American Indian Religious Freedom Act allows the religious practice of cultural burning to be seen within a cultural framework as opposed to a forest service management technique.” - NARF Staff Attorney Ada Montague. Read more about the Yokut Cultural Burn: https://lnkd.in/duSFxhMd
To Protect Giant Sequoias, They Lit a Fire
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The Native American Rights Fund and the National Indian Law Library published an online collection of resources about the religious and cultural persecution of Native peoples in the United States. View it here: https://lnkd.in/gyip8mFn
Civilization Regulations and Policy, Resources byt Topic; National Indian Law Library, Native American Rights Fund (NARF)
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Many Native communities implement community-based peacemaking to resolve conflict and heal relationships harmed by the conflict. Indigenous peacemaking often incorporates traditional values and sometimes ceremonial practices. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g2Dzei3h #Peacemaking
Peacemaking Helps Tribal Communities Heal - Native American Rights Fund
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The fight to hold state lawmakers accountable to voters continues. “The troubling wording in the Eighth Circuit ruling would have damaged citizens’ rights and the health of U.S. democracy by placing state lawmakers above the law and closing access to the public redistricting process,” - NARF Staff Attorney Michael Carter. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gTKfxMHr
Supreme Court Vacates Decision that Withheld Legislative Voting Actions from Public Scrutiny - Native American Rights Fund
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Welcome to Summer Law Clerk Makai Zuniga! Makai is a Numu (Northern Paiute) citizen of the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, born and raised in Reno, Nevada. He is a third-year law student at The William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV and will be working out of the Anchorage office this summer. Makai is interested in how NARF supports and uplifts Alaskan relatives.
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The NARF Legal Review is published semi-annually and provides updates on NARF’s cases and information on other timely Indian law topics. The most recent edition examines some of NARF's cases from the winter of 2023 through spring of 2024. Read now: https://lnkd.in/gTnqphwc
Most Recent Legal Review Features Indian Citizenship Act at 100 Years Old - Native American Rights Fund
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How do you use your role in society to create healing in your community? Former Isleta Pueblo Chief Judge Verna Teller discusses how #peacemaking can heal Tribal Nations and communities. Watch: https://lnkd.in/g2Dzei3h