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Press Releases
2006
December 28, 2006 - Tribes File Trust Funds Mismanagement Lawsuit Against Federal Government
November 9, 2006
- Native Art for Native Rights -- The Native American Rights Fund Celebrates
Native American Heritage Month With the "Visions for the Future" Art Exhibit
August
24, 2006 - Voting Rights Act Reauthorization
2006 Voting Rights 101
August 10, 2006 - Fifth Annual Visions for the Future Benefit Art Auction Set for Santa Fe Indian Market
July
27, 2006 - Special Bonnie Raitt with Keb 'Mo' Tickets to Benefit NARF --
Meet & Greet
Reception
July 27, 2006 - NARF's National Indian Law Library Receives the 2006 Public Access to Government Information (PAGI) Award
June 15, 2006 - Kickapoo Tribe Files Lawsuit in Federal Court to End 30-Year Era of Systematic Deprivation of the Tribe's Water Rights
March 23, 2006 - Native
Hip-hop Group to Film Music Video at the Native American Rights Fund
2005
April 1, 2005 - Major Water Rights
Settlement Agreement Accepted by Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho
March 30, 2005 - Native American
Rights Fund Announces Their Santa Fe Events During Indian Market August 19-20, 2005
2004
May 27, 2004 - California Multi-Media
Artist Lends Talent to Heighten Indian Legal Firm's Membership Program
May 26, 2004 - Indian Legal Rights Firm
Launches Advertising Campaign With Native-Owned Press
2003
October 15, 2003 - Indian Legal Defense
Fund Awarded $20,000 Grant by U.S. Department of Education; Public welcome to Award Ceremony
on Saturday, October 18, 2003 in Boulder, Colorado
September 12, 2003 - Boulder Whole Foods
Market Benefits Indian Legal Defense Fund
August 11, 2003 - August 21 Santa Fe
Art Auction Benefits Indian Legal Defense Fund
July 9, 2003 - Award Recognizes Native
American Rights Fund Annual Publication
June 25, 2003 - NARF PR Administrator
Wins Native Photojournalist Contest
June 5, 2003 - Sacred Sites Prayer
Gathering in Colorado Hosted by the Native American Rights Fund
February 27, 2003 - Iditarod Trail
Sled Dog Racing Veteran Pays Tribute to the Native American Rights Fund
2002
December 16, 2002 - National Indian
Law Library Works with Prominent Law Library Association and Award Winning Publisher to Produce
"Landmark Indian Law Cases"
September 17, 2002 - Little Feat Hosts
Benefit Concert on October 14, 2002 in Washington, D.C. for the Native American Rights Fund
August 23, 2002 - Native American
Rights Fund Selected as a Recipient of Working Assets' 2002 Donor Funds
July 26, 2002 - Nationally known
Artists Presley LaFountain, Kevin Red Star and Stan Natchez Join the Native American Rights
Fund (NARF) in the 1st Annual "Visions for the Future"
April 11, 2002 - Special Bonnie
Raitt Tickets with Reception to Benefit the Native American Rights Fund
March 19, 2002 - Interior Secretary
to Begin Discussions With Klamath Tribes on Reservation and Water Rights
March 19, 2002 - U.S. Department of
the Interior: Secretary Norton Announces Meetings With Klamath Tribes
March 15, 2002 - A Matter of Trust:
The Case of Cobell v. Norton Symposium, Gonzaga University School of Law, March 26, 2002
February 15, 2002 - Crosby, Stills,
Nash, & Young Partners with the Native American Rights Fund
2001
October 3, 2001 - Native American
Rights Fund Wins Local Website Award
August 29, 2001 - The State of Alaska
Will Not Appeal the Katie John Subsistence Lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court
May 9, 2001 - Alaska Native Subsistence
Rights Upheld in Katie John Case
February 23, 2001 - Major Victory for
Indian Trust Beneficiaries
January 26, 2001 - Recently Passed Indian
Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance Act Expected to Strengthen and Improve Tribal
Court Systems
January 24, 2001 - Babbitt's Last-Minute Order to
Conduct "Statistical Sampling" of Trust Accounts Will Waste Up to $70 Million
2000
September 29, 2000 - Native American Rights Fund
Welcomes Newly Established National Tribal Justice Resource Center
July
1, 2000 - Court Rules that the Federal
Government Failed to Protect 2.85 Million
Acres of Alabama-Coushatta Land in East
Texas
June 2000 -
Press Releases, Recording to Benefit the Native American Rights Fund: Native Music Industry
Joins Forces with National Non-Profit Indian Organization
March 20, 2000 -
Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of Nevada Maintains Tribal Jurisdiction in Civil Action Case
1999
December 22, 1999 - Judge Orders Court
Oversight of Indian Trust Fund Management Reform
December 10, 1999 - Congress Passes
Historical Indian Water Rights Settlement Bill: The First Indian Water Rights Settlement
that has the Support of the Administration, a State, and a Tribe
November 15, 1999 - John Echohawk Named
"Native American Heritage Honoree"
May 11, 1999 - Pioneering Tribal
Education Department Improves Education on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation
1998
October 5, 1998 - Shinnecock Tribe of
New York Files Petition for Federal Recognition as a Tribe
September 28, 1998 - Native American
Rights Fund Receives Education Grant from W.K. Kellogg Foudation
August 6, 1998 - President Clinton
Signs Executive Order On Indian Education: Historic Announcement Will Direct Sweeping Changes
in Indian Education
July 23, 1998 - Native American
Rights Fund Receives Environmental Award
June 29, 1998 - Ada Deer Named to
Native American Rights Fund National Support Committee
April 27, 1998 - Alaska Native
Regional Corporations Sponsor Prestigious Fellowship at the Native American Rights Fund
February 26, 1998 - U.S. Supreme
Court Issues Ruling in Tribal Sovereignty Case: In a decision decried by one tribal leader
as "a breach of honor" the Supreme Court ruled that 1.9 million acres of ancestral lands
owned by a remote Alaska Native tribe are no longer under the governmental jurisdiction of
the Tribe
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