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The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) is a non-profit organization, based in Boulder, Colorado, that uses existing laws and treaties to ensure that U.S. state governments and the U.S. federal government live up to their legal obligations. NARF also "provides legal representation and technical assistance to Indian tribes, organizations and ...
John was a plaintiff in a court case against the United States challenging the denial of Native subsistence fishing rights, known throughout Alaska as "the Katie John case." [ 1 ] She was instrumental in developing an alphabet for the Ahtna language and preserving the culture and traditional way of life of the Ahtna Athabaskan people.
In a federal land claims suit, the Mashantucket Pequot charged that the sale was in violation of the Nonintercourse Act that regulates commerce between Native Americans and non-Indians. [ 2 ] The settlement act appropriated $900,000 to buy the disputed lands and transferred those lands and the state reservation in trust to the Department of ...
The Association on American Indian Affairs (originally the American Indian Defense Association) is a nonprofit human rights charity located in Rockville, Maryland. Founded in 1922, it is dedicated to protecting the rights of Native Americans .
In the United States, tribal disenrollment is a process by which a Native American individual loses citizenship or the right to belong within a Native American tribe. [1]Some native scholars have argued that although belonging in Native nations was historically a matter of kinship, it has become increasingly legalistic.
According to 2020 U.S. Census Bureau data, there are 9.7 million people who identify as Native American in the U.S., or 2.9% of the total population.
The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) initiated a class action suit on behalf of all Indians and tribes with pre-1966 claims. [8] On November 17, 1982, NARF obtained an order requiring the government to either submit a legislative proposal within 30 days or to initiate the 17,000 lawsuits itself before the statute expired. [ 8 ]
Jacqueline de León has dealt with this firsthand, while arguing voting rights cases for the Native American Rights Fund. The group has filed an amicus brief in the case that the Supreme Court ...