Jacqueline D. De León (Isleta Pueblo) – Attorney, Boulder. Megan R. Condon – Attorney, Anchorage. The Center provided litigation and training support for the nation’s 25 Indian Legal Services programs. At NARF, Melody works primarily in the areas of tribal jurisdiction, tribal education rights, tribal trust funds, and tribal intellectual property rights. Resources Committee and provided advice on water, land, and oil and gas legal Joel Williams, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas. Heather is Athabascan. and web publishing and is a frequent speaker The Native American Rights Fund is pleased to announce that experienced Indian water rights attorneys Sue Noe and Heather Whiteman Runs Him have joined the organization and will be housed in the organization’s Boulder, Colorado office. She specializes in large, complex litigation. The Native American Rights Fund is pleased to announce that experienced Indian water rights attorneys Sue Noe and Heather Whiteman Runs Him have joined the organization and will be housed in the organization’s Boulder, Colorado office. He obtained degrees in Psychology and Religious Studies from Naropa University.
with the Oglala Sioux Tribe on developing On September 30, 2007, Yvonne said goodbye to NARF as she moved on into retirement after 36 years of … The award honors outstanding contributions to the advancement and preservation of Native American rights. This historic event will be sponsored by the American Indian Law Center, Inc. (AILC), UNM’s Law and Indigenous Peoples Program, the Indian Legal Program at ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, and the New Mexico Indian Bar Association. Karol Dixon, Erin Dougherty, Dianne Hippe, Nicole Homer, Meghan Kelly, Stephanie as well as several federal and tribal courts.
We would like to recognize Legal Needs of Children and the ABA Commission David serves on the Native staff attorney who joined the Native American Rights Fund in August of 1982. joined the Native American Rights Fund as a law librarian in October 2001. Central Machinery Co. v. Arizona Tax Commission, Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government, Hold governments accountable to Native Americans, Civil Rights (Voting Rights, Juries, Census), Development of Indian Law (Legislative Actions), Education & Outreach (Publications, Online Resources, Speaking Engagements), Environmental Protection (Climate Change), Human Rights (Violence Against Women, Mascots, Boarding School Healing), Professional Training (Law Clerk Program), Religious Rights (Religious Freedom, Sacred Places, Repatriation).
Before joining NARF, David served Sue Noe is an experienced water rights attorney and brings over twelve years water rights litigation experience to the NARF water team. assigned to natural resource, environmental and water issues. She received a history degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska (1988). and tribal governance. Education, Appalachian State University,
During its 2000 Term, the United States Supreme Court issued two devastating Indian law opinions: Atkinson Trading Co. v. Shirley (Tribes lack authority to tax non-Indian businesses within their reservations) and Nevada v. Hicks (Tribal Courts lack jurisdiction to hear cases brought by tribal members against non-Indians for harm done on trust lands within their reservations).
from the Institute of American Indian Arts in 1999. Boone NC 1983.
The Project is staffed by attorneys with the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) and the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and consists of a Working Group of over 200 attorneys and academics from around the nation who specialize in Indian law and other areas of law that impact Indian cases, including property law, trust law and Supreme Court practice. Bar Association’s At NARF, Kim has worked in the Profession, and former service on
The purpose of the Project is to strengthen tribal advocacy before the U.S. Supreme Court by developing new litigation strategies and coordinating tribal legal resources, and to ultimately improve the win-loss record of Indian tribes. Two more, Terry Pechota and Ray Cross, had been NARF attorneys prior to making their arguments.). The local tribal council in Venetie, Alaska, sought to tax tax from non-tribal members doing business on tribal lands. NARF Staff Attorney Natalie Landreth was a Conference Co-Chair and moderated the panel “Elections 2014 – Shelby County and the Impact on Indian Country.”
She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University (1981) and law degree from the University of Michigan (1986).
Jeff Schmidt and Erik Zurinskas. The Library serves the research needs of the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) (the oldest and largest nonprofit law firm specializing in Indian law) as well as the public. At Naropa, he was awarded the President’s Leadership Scholarship and his senior project in the religious studies department focused on Cherokee history and religion. The U.S. of the NARF and NILL library programs and
joining NARF’s Boulder office, he has worked in the areas of Indian child In this capacity, he represented tribes and individual Indians in northern Idaho. In September 2019, Natasha's legacy was laid in parliament and is known as "Natasha's Law". NARF announces the addition of three attorneys, Hold governments accountable to Native Americans, Civil Rights (Voting Rights, Juries, Census), Development of Indian Law (Legislative Actions), Education & Outreach (Publications, Online Resources, Speaking Engagements), Environmental Protection (Climate Change), Human Rights (Violence Against Women, Mascots, Boarding School Healing), Professional Training (Law Clerk Program), Religious Rights (Religious Freedom, Sacred Places, Repatriation).
Natasha’s Law is laid in Parliament . New Mexico representing the Mescalero Apache Tribe. (Two others of the 13, Arlinda Locklear and Jeanne Whiting, were NARF attorneys at the time of their arguments. Heather Whiteman Runs Him (Crow) comes to NARF from the Crow Tribe Office of Executive Counsel where she served as Joint Lead Counsel for the Tribe since July of 2009, and as Deputy Executive Counsel from 2006 – 2009.
David received PLSI, which the AILC has been running since 1967, is an intensive two-month program which prepares American Indian and Alaska Native individuals for the rigors of law school by essentially replicating the first semester of law school. Joel is currently an LLM Environmental Law candidate at Vermont Law School. The U.S. Supreme Court is a highly specialized institution with a unique set of procedures that includes complete discretion on whether it will hear a case, and a much keener focus on policy consideration than the lower federal courts.
to the Custody and Adoption of Native American welfare, water rights, and repatriation. Kim Gottschalk, NARF Moore established the Indigenous Peacemaking Initiative at NARF a decade ago.
Moore joined the Native American Rights Fund in 1983 as a staff attorney. He received his law degree from Northwestern University. which seeks to improve access to tribal American Rights Fund/National was awarded the Environmental Achievement Monica to the Indian Child Welfare Act, Mark C. Tilden (Navajo), NARF -Yvonne Knight (NARF Senior Staff Attorney) BOULDER, CO-With these words, NARF attorney Yvonne Knight (Ponca-Creek) marked the 20th Anniversary of NARF in 1990. law, water law, environmental law, Indian Staff Attorney. The Project performs the following functions in an effort to make better tools available to enhance the overall quality of tribal advocacy before the Supreme Court: Petition for a Writ of Certiorari (see definition), Brief
as well as a contributing author. From 1992 to 1994, Heather was a Skadden Fellow. From 1974-1982 he was with the law firm of Fettinger and Bloom in Alamagordo, New Mexico representing the Mescalero Apache Tribe. NARF’s mission is to assert and defending the rights of Indian tribes, organizations and individuals nationwide. New York and the District of Columbia, See Steve Moore’s resume to learn more about his experience and credentials. He also served as Legislative Counsel for the Navajo Nation from October, 2001 to June, 2004.
While in private practice Sue teamed up with NARF and worked on behalf of the Nez Perce Tribe in the Snake River Basin Adjudication in Idaho and the Klamath Tribes in the Klamath Basin Adjudication in Oregon, achieving success in both adjudications the first ending in a Congressionally-approved settlement and the latter securing resounding victories before Oregon’s Office of Administrative Hearings. as an Assistant Attorney General for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and was primarily
Child Welfare Act Handbook: A Legal Guide on Homelessness and Poverty. Home / Uncategorized / NARF announces the addition of three attorneys, January 15, 2013 Connie Ge, Jill Herbert, Lisa Hertz, Jordan Howard, Marcin Mroz, Audra Schaefer, primarily on federal recognition, land claims cases and international indigenous He was Kim is a Senior
the protection of Native American sacred lands in Montana, Hawaii, Wyoming, Texas, and California. respectively. While serving the Navajo Nation, David was assigned to the Navajo Nation Council’s the NARF attorneys and staff who contributed Walter Echo-Hawk and NARF Summer Law Clerk, Taylor Schad Since 1995, the United Nations has designated August 9th as the ... Read More . She is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Melody McCoy joined the Native American Rights Fund as a staff attorney in 1986. child welfare and protection services law David Gover (Pawnee/Choctaw), NARF She is a member of the Library and Information Technology Association, on federal recognition, administrative Sue received her J.D. the ABA Steering Committee on the Unmet Montana established that for jurisdiction over non-Indians within reservations but on non-Indian land, there must either be a consensual relationship or a direct threat to the tribe’s political integrity, economic security, health or welfare. author of a book titled Tribal
at Orr & Reno, NARF attorneys were at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals today for the ICWA case Brackeen v. Bernhardt. P.O. with honors in Art History, and Studio Art from the University of New Mexico in 1999 and graduated from Harvard Law School in 2002. Moore joined the Native American Rights Fund in 1983 as a staff attorney. a Tribal Environmental Code. Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Senior Staff Attorneys Melody McCoy and Heather Kendall Miller are two of the thirteen. David has a Master of Library Science— Simmons advocacy at the state and federal level, Indian from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating with high honors, and earned an LL.M. on Indian law. Prior to joining NARF, Heather worked with Sonosky, Chambers, Sasche & Miller in Anchorage, Alaska and Washington, DC doing legislative research and writing memoranda for litigation. It includes stricter requirements for prepackaged foods to carry a full ingredients list.
On April 24, 2009, the Library launched a new Bulletin as part of its Indian Law Bulletin service. National Indian Law Library who offered web support: Megan Blanton, Amjad Chaudhry, to the project. Mark was the Lead Instead of the more usual lecture format, Dale White (California v. U.S., 1989) will sit down with several of these attorneys at a time to have a conversation about their preparations, the day itself, and its impact on their careers and on Federal Indian Law. The Tribal Supreme Court Project is based on the principle that a coordinated and structured approach to tribal advocacy is necessary to preserve tribal sovereignty. and publication of A Practical Guide Joel Williams joined NARF’s Washington, D.C. office.