When Valentina Blackhorse tested positive for coronavirus, she texted her sister and told her not to worry. A former pageant queen, Valentina was known for her love of her Native American Navajo heritage, her passion for helping others and her playful sense of humour. She doted on her one-year-old daughter, Poet, and worked as a […]
June 25, 2020Categories: Environmental Protection (Climate Change), Hunting and Fishing Rights, Native Lands, Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction Today a judge granted Attorney General Nessel’s request for a temporary restraining order, requiring Enbridge to immediately cease operation of the approximately 4-mile long segment of the Line 5 oil pipeline that crosses the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac. This decision comes just […]
February 26, 2019Categories: Environmental Protection (Climate Change), Hunting and Fishing Rights Take action now to stop a blatant land grab and protect this national treasure and sacred resource of the Gwich’in people. /In its ongoing efforts to fast track oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before the next presidential election, the Bureau of […]
June 3, 2020Categories: Civil Rights (Voting Rights, Juries, Census) In 2017 and 2018, the Native American Voting Rights Coalition—founded by the Native American Rights Fund—held nine public hearings to better understand how Native Americans are systemically and culturally kept from fully exercising their franchise. More than 120 witnesses testified from dozens of tribes across the country.https://www.narf.org/obstacles-at-every-turn/