2011-02-12T09:18:41-05:00 2010-09-30 BKD LLP 111 South Tejon Suite 800 Colorado Springs CO 809039848 990 2009-10-01 840611876 Native American Rights Fund Inc NATI 3034478760 1506 Broadway Boulder CO 80302 Michael kennedy 2011-02-10 true Rita F Worster CPA 7194714290 2009 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z John Echohawk 1506 Broadway Boulder CO 80302 9177118 false X NARF.ORG X 1970 DC CONSTRUCT THE FOUNDATIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO EMPOWER TRIBES SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE ACCORDING TO THEIR NATIVE TRADITIONS, ENFORCE THEIR TREATY RIGHTS AND PROTECT THEIR SOVEREIGNTY. 13 13 46 20 0 0 2471678 4883293 2488811 2192905 -550359 123195 26283 43312 4436413 7242705 0 0 0 0 3968887 3540079 30000 55250 1311551 3167340 3554295 7166227 7149624 -2729814 93081 5756553 6606496 779764 1308543 4976789 5297953 AS ESTABLISHED BY NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND'S (NARF) FIRST BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE PRIORITIES THAT GUIDE NARF IN ITS MISSION TO PRESERVE AND ENFORCE THE STATUS OF TRIBES AS SOVEREIGN, SELF-GOVERNING BODIES STILL CONTINUE TO LEAD NARF TODAY: (1) THE PRESERVATION OF TRIBAL EXISTENCE; (2) THE PROTECTION OF TRIBAL NATURAL RESOURCES; (3) THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS; (4) THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF GOVERNMENTS TO NATIVE AMERICANS; AND (5) THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN LAW AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT INDIAN RIGHTS, LAWS AND ISSUES. false false 4889392 2202905 AT THE UNITED NATIONS PERMANENT FORUM MEETING IN APRIL 2010, THE U.S. ANNOUNCED IT WOULD CONDUCT A REVIEW OF ITS PRIOR VOTE AGAINST ENDORSEMENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. AS PART OF ITS REVIEW, IT REACHED OUT TO INDIAN COUNTRY AND BEYOND TO HOLD CONSULTATIONS WITH TRIBES AND MEETING WITH OTHER INTERESTED ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS. AFTER SEVERAL CONSULTATIONS WITH TRIBES, COMMENTS WERE REQUESTED TO BE FILED WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT BY JULY 15, 2010. NARF MADE TWO SUCH A FILINGS ON BEHALF OF ITS CLIENT, THE NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS. ON DECEMBER 16, 2010, PRESIDENT OBAMA, AT A NATIONAL TRIBAL LEADERS MEETING, MADE THE HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE U.S. WAS REVERSING ITS NEGATIVE VOTE AND NOW ENDORSES THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. NARF HAS WORKED ON THE PASSAGE OF THE DECLARATION SINCE 1999. NARF, ALONG WITH CO-COUNSEL AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, TOOK THE ENORMOUS STEP OF FILING THE FIRST VOTING RIGHTS ACT (VRA) CASE ON BEHALF OF ALASKA NATIVES. THE LAWSUIT, CALLED NICK V. BETHEL, ALLEGED THAT ALASKA HAD VIOLATED THE VRA BY FAILING TO PROVIDE LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE TO THE THOUSANDS OF YUP`IK SPEAKING VOTERS IN THE BETHEL CENSUS AREA. THE PLAINTIFFS SETTLED WITH THE CITY OF BETHEL IN 2009 AND SETTLED WITH THE STATE OF ALASKA IN JANUARY 2010. THE COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT INCLUDES TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION ASSISTANCE FOR ALL YUP'IK SPEAKING VOTERS THROUGHOUT THE REGISTRATION AND VOTING PROCESS. THE COURT HAS RETAINED JURISDICTION TO OVERSEE THE STATE'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. NARF FILED AND WON A FEDERAL LAWSUIT AFFIRMING THE INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT'S (ICWA) FULL FAITH AND CREDIT CLAUSE TO TRIBAL ADOPTIONS. IN KALTAG V. STATE OF ALASKA, THE KALTAG TRIBE ENTERED AN ORDER OF ADOPTION IN TRIBAL COURT AND REQUESTED THAT A NEW BIRTH CERTIFICATE BE ISSUED FROM THE ALASKA BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS. THE STATE REFUSED TO ISSUE A NEW BIRTH CERTIFICATE ON THE ALLEGED BASIS THAT THE TRIBE LACKED JURISDICTION OVER CHILDREN'S PROCEEDINGS UNLESS IT HAD FIRST PETITIONED FOR REASSUMPTION OF JURISDICTION UNDER ICWA. THIS ARGUMENT ASSUMES THAT A TRIBE DOES NOT HAVE INHERENT JURISDICTION TO ADJUDICATE ADOPTIONS OF ITS OWN TRIBAL MEMBERS. THE STATE APPEALED TO THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. IN AUGUST 2009, A THREE JUDGE PANEL OF THE NINTH CIRCUIT AFFIRMED THE DISTRICT COURT'S DECISION THAT FULL FAITH AND CREDIT BE GIVEN TO THE KALTAG COURT'S ADOPTION JUDGMENT. THE STATE THEN APPEALED TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT. ON OCTOBER 4, 2010, THE SUPREME COURT DENIED CERTIORARI AND ENDED THIS CASE. THE RULE NOW IS THAT TRIBES HAVE INHERENT JURISDICTION TO ADJUDICATE THE ADOPTIONS OF THEIR OWN MEMBERS EVEN OUTSIDE OF INDIAN COUNTRY. NARF WILL NOW ENSURE THAT THE MANDATES SET FORTH IN THIS CASE AND ITS PRECEDENT ARE FOLLOWED BY THE STATE OF ALASKA. ON OCTOBER 1, 2010, THE U. S. INTERIOR BOARD OF INDIAN APPEALS DISMISSED TWO REQUESTS FOR RECONSIDERATION OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR'S FINAL DETERMINATION FOR FEDERAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE SHINNECOCK INDIAN NATION IN NEW YORK BECAUSE THE REQUESTERS FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED PARTIES UNDER THE FEDERAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT REGULATIONS. WITH THE RULING, THE FINAL DETERMINATION WAS IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE, THEREBY RENDERING THE SHINNECOCK NATION THE 565TH FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN NATION IN THE UNITED STATES. THE DECISION ENDS A 32-YEAR SAGA INITIATED BY THE NATION AND NARF WHEN NARF FILED THE NATION'S INITIAL PETITION AND LITIGATION REQUEST IN 1978 WITH THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. NEW YORK STATE, MADISON COUNTY, THE TOWN OF STOCKBRIDGE, AND NARF'S CLIENT, THE STOCKBRIDGE MUNSEE BAND OF MOHICAN INDIANS, SIGNED AN HISTORIC LAND-CLAIM SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT ENDED A 24-YEAR-OLD LAWSUIT. THIS SETTLEMENT, IF JOINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, WILL RESOLVE WITH FINALITY STOCKBRIDGE'S CLAIM TO MORE THAN 23,000 ACRES IN CENTRAL NEW YORK. THIS SETTLEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT BENEFITS TO THE STOCKBRIDGE-MUNSEE TRIBE. FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT RECOGNIZES WHAT SO MANY SEEM TO HAVE EITHER OVERLOOKED OR CHOSEN TO IGNORE-FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL UNTIL THE EARLY 1700S THE MOHICAN INDIANS LIVED AND PROSPERED IN THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY. IN 1609, THE MOHICANS WELCOMED HENRY HUDSON AND THE CREW OF THE HALF MOON TO THE NEW WORLD. THE MOHICAN VILLAGES ARE NOW GONE FROM THE BANKS OF THE HUDSON, BUT THE BONES OF THEIR ANCESTORS RESIDE THERE TO THIS DAY. THE STOCKBRIDGE LAND-CLAIM SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WILL HELP THE TRIBE MITIGATE THE ONGOING LOSS OF CULTURAL RESOURCES BY CREATING A TRIBAL-STATE COOPERATIVE PROCESS TO PROTECT HISTORIC SITES. AND, BY AUTHORIZING DEVELOPMENT OF A DESTINATION RESORT AND CASINO IN SULLIVAN COUNTY, IT WILL PROVIDE THE TRIBE WITH THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT WILL ENSURE THAT ITS CULTURAL RESOURCES IN THE HUDSON VALLEY ARE PROTECTED. IN ADDITION, THE SETTLEMENT PROMISES SUBSTANTIAL BENEFITS FOR THE PEOPLE OF NEW YORK STATE. BY CREATING THOUSANDS OF NON-INDIAN JOBS, MUCH NEEDED DEVELOPMENT IN THE ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED CATSKILLS REGION, AND A DESPERATELY NEEDED MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR REVENUE STREAM FOR NEW YORK STATE, THE AGREEMENT CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIAN AND NON-INDIAN COMMUNITIES ALIKE. 178529 23332 NATIONAL INDIAN LAW LIBRARY (NILL): NILL HELPS FULFILL NARF'S FIFTH PRIORITY, THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN LAW AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC BY: PROVIDING, FREE TO THE PUBLIC, UPDATES ON INDIAN LAW, RESEARCH ASSISTANCE AND DOCUMENT DELIVERY, AND UNIQUE AND VALUABLE RESOURCES ON ITS WEB SITE. 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Purchases of collection items are reported in the year of acquisition as decreases in unrestricted net assets, or in temporarily or permanently restricted net assets if the assets used to purchase the items were restricted to that use by donor stipulation. Contributions of collection items are not reported in the financial statements. Proceeds from disposal of and insurance recoveries related to collection items are reported as increases in the appropriate net asset classes. NARF's collections consist of rare books and maps. These collections are held for educational and research purposes. They are subject to a policy that requires proceeds from the disposition of collection items to be used to acquire other collection items. PART III, LINE 4 THE EXEMPT PURPOSE COLLECTIONS CONSIST OF RARE BOOKS AND MAPS. THESE COLLECTIONS ARE HELD FOR EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH PURPOSES, WHICH ARE USED IN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT INDIAN RIGHTS, LAWS, AND ISSUES. PART V, LINE 4 DESCRIBE THE INTENDED USES OF THE ORGANIZATION'S ENDOWMENT FUNDS The Endowment assets include only donor-restricted endowment funds held in perpetuity or for donor-specified periods. Returns generated by the endowment assets are unrestricted in accordance with donor stipulations and are used to support programs and supporting operations. 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PROCESS FOR MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY FORM 990, PART VI, QUESTION 12C BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, SUPERVISORS, AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL STAFF ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE STATEMENT ANNUALLY (BY JANUARY 15 OF EACH YEAR). DISCLOSURE AND DETERMINATION OF THE POTENTIAL CONFLECT OF INTEREST (PCI) AT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS LEVEL ARE DISCLOSED TO THE BOARD CHAIR (IF BOARD IS THE ONE WITH PCI, THEN TO THE VICE-CHAIR), WHICH IS THEN BROUGHT TO THE FULL BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION AND DETERMINATION. BOARD MEMBERS WITH PCI SHALL BE ABSENT FROM THE BOARD'S DISCUSSION AND DECISION. EMPLOYEES WITH PCI SHALL GO TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (ED) (IF ED HAS A PCI, THEN TO THE BOARD CHAIR). THE MATTER WILL THEN GO TO CORPORATE OFFICERS FOR CONSIDERATION AND DETERMINATION. REVIEW OF CEO OR TOP MGMT OFFICIAL COMPENSATION FORM 990, PART VI, QUESTION 15A & 15B The Law Office Administrator conducts an extensive salary survey for all positions in the summer of every even year in which current salaries are compared to market survey data obtained from a variety of professional survey sources. This information is then submitted to the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for review and then discussed and approved during a regularly scheduled Executive Committee meeting. Minutes of the meeting are taken for substantiation of the deliberation and decision. This procedure was last performed in 2008. EXPLAIN IF 1023/1024, 990, 990-T NOT AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC FORM 990, PART VI, QUESTION 18 FORM 1023 WAS FILED BEFORE JULY 15, 1987 AND A COPY WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME. GOVERNMENT GRANTS PART VIII, LINE 1(E) THE AMOUNT SHOWN AS GOVERNMENT GRANTS ON LINE 1(E) INCLUDES $2,313,943 OF GRANT REVENUE FROM APPROXIMATELY 20 TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS. PART VI, QUESTION 19 Describe how documents are made available to the public FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AND UPON REQUEST. REQUESTS (WITH A VALID BUSINESS PURPOSE) FOR THE MANAGING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY WILL BE CONSIDERED.