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The Native American Rights Fund is condemning what it calls unlawful actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying Native Americans and others are being racially profiled, unlawfully detained and subjected to excessive force.
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United Indian Nations of Oklahoma is advising tribal citizens across the state to remain vigilant and to carry tribal identification, along with any state- or federally issued identification they may have, amid expanded immigration enforcement actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following recent White House directives.
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Leaders of the Oglala Sioux Tribe are demanding the immediate release of tribal citizens held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and are pushing back on federal conditions for information about their whereabouts.
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The Native American Rights Fund celebrated a historic victory for Alaska Native communities after the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 12, 2026, declined to review the State of Alaska’s challenge to long-standing federal protections for rural subsistence rights.
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As the eagle dancers finished their final prayer before the hundreds gathered at the Jemez Pueblo plaza on Tuesday, Jan 6, the annual Three Kings Day Feast, they were swooped atop the shoulders of ceremonial leaders, beginning a bond between the dancer and the family of the person carrying them indoors.
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The Navajo Nation Council’s Resources and Development Committee and Law and Order Committee held a joint meeting Monday to address ongoing problems with enforcement of grazing permits and violations of the Nation’s Agricultural Resource Management Plan.
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On December 24, 2025, NARF filed an amicus brief supporting an injunction that has blocked the destructive, broad-based freeze of federal funding that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directed in January 2025. The injunction blocks the January directive, as well as similar policies the Administration may seek to implement. NARF filed the brief on behalf of the National Congress of American Indians, the United South and Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund, the National Indian Child Welfare Association, the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center, the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, the California Tribal Chairman’s Association, and the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians.
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On Monday, President Donald Trump vetoed bipartisan legislation that would have expanded and clarified the Miccosukee Tribe’s land in Florida’s Everglades. The veto appears to be in retribution of the tribe’s opposition to “Alligator Alcatraz,” an immigration detention center, located near Miccosukee ancestral tribal land.
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The Oneida Nation, located in Green Bay, Wisc., is seeking legal advice on how to disengage from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contracts after learning that one of its subsidiaries was awarded more than $6 million in federal agreements, prompting sharp criticism from tribal members and Native advocates.
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The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Child Support Enforcement Unit distributed 25 food boxes to families enrolled in the program, providing additional support during the two-week school closure over the holiday season.
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