The Native American Rights Fund’s Tribal Supreme Court Project—an initiative co-founded in 2001 with the National Congress of American Indians to monitor and defend court cases that stand to impact ...
“As long as non-Natives feel they have the right to ‘rescue’ our children when they don’t even understand the culture, nor do they understand the strengths of tribal communities, they are doing damage ...
Facing what they consider to be the biggest threat to tribal sovereignty in a generation, Native leaders at a national conference in Prior Lake this week reactivated a task force to defend tribal ...
The Klamath Tribes filed a motion Nov. 19 in Klamath County Circuit Court seeking to amend their petition to overturn what ...
More than a dozen men charged by police over alleged involvement in a neo-Nazi led outbreak of violence at Camp Sovereignty have been named in court.
In July 2025, the International Court of Justice held its first hearings on states’ climate responsibilities in decades. A lead judge described climate ...
WASHINGTON – In a victory for tribal sovereignty, the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a landmark law intended to protect Native American communities by giving preference to tribal members in the ...
The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Monday in what one law professor called a "knotty" and "fascinating" case over North Carolina's disputed election for a seat on the state's ...
The Supreme Court ruled to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act. The case involved a challenge to the law, which gives priority to Native tribes when Native children are adopted. Today, in a 7-2 vote, ...