Native Americans Rights Fund
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The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) "is a non-profit 501c(3) organization that provides legal representation and technical assistance to Indian tribes, organizations and individuals nationwide - a constituency that often lacks access to the justice system. NARF focuses on applying existing laws and treaties to guarantee that national and state governments live up to their legal obligations." [1]
"In 1970 with funding from the Ford Foundation, California Indian Legal Services -- one of the federally-funded legal services programs serving California Indians – implemented a pilot project to provide legal services to Indians on a national level. That project became known as the Native American Rights Fund (NARF)." [2]
- John E. Echohawk, Executive Director
Contents
Directors
- John Gonzales, Chair, San Ildefonso Pueblo
- Jaime Barrientoz, Vice Chair, Ottawa/Chippewa
- Andrew J. Bowers, Jr., Seminole Tribe of Florida
- Delia Carlyle, AK Chin
- Elbridge Coochise, Hopi
- Billy Frank, Nisqually Tribe
- James Roan Gray, Osage
- Karlene Hunter, Oglala Lakota
- Lydia Olympic, Igiugig
- Kunani Nihipali (Native Hawaiian)
- Paul Ninham, Wisconsin Oneida
- Anthony Pico, Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians
- Woody Widmark, Sitka Tribe
National Support Committee
- Owanah Anderson (Choctaw)
- Edward Asner
- Katrina McCormick Barnes
- David Brubeck
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Northern Cheyenne)
- Wallace Coffey (Comanche Nation)
- Ada Deer (Menominee)
- Harvey A. Dennenberg
- Michael Driver
- Richard Dysart
- Lucille A. Echohawk (Pawnee)
- Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Chippewa)
- Jane Fonda
- James Garner
- Sy Gomberg
- Carol Hayward (Fond du Lac)
- Richard A. Hayward (Mashantucket Pequot)
- John Heller
- Emily Heller-Rhys
- Charles R. Klewin
- Nancy A. Klewin
- Wilma Mankiller (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma)
- Chris E. McNeil, Jr. (Tlingit-Nisga'a)
- Billy Mills (Oglala Lakota)
- N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa)
- Clinton Pattea
- Amado Pena, Jr. (Yaqui/Chicano)
- Pernell Roberts
- Marc Rudick
- Pam Rudick
- Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna Pueblo)
- Connie Stevens
- Ernie Stevens, Jr.
- Anthony L. Strong (Tlingit-Klukwan)
- Maria Tallchief (Osage)
- Andrew Teller (Isleta Pueblo)
- Verna Teller (Isleta Pueblo)
- Studs Terkel
- Tenaya Torres (Chiricahua Apache)
- Richard Trudell (Santee Sioux)
- Rebecca Tsosie (Pasqua Yaqui)
- Thomas N. Tureen
- Tzo-Nah
- Aíne Ungar
- William C. Wantland (Seminole)
- W. Richard West, Jr. (Southern Cheyenne)
- Mary T. Wynne (Rosebud Sioux)
Contact
- Web: http://www.narf.org
