Native American Rights Fund
20 cases • 6 attorneys
Attorneys
John Ernest Echohawk
(10)
Daniel David Lewerenz
(3)
Erin Christine Dougherty Lynch
(3)
Jacqueline Diana De Leon
(3)
Heather R. Kendall
(1)
Melody L. McCoy
(1)
Cases
| Case | Title | Docketed | Type | Status | Party | Attorneys |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-320 | Alaska, et al. v. United States, et al. | 2025-09-17 | Paid | Denied | Association of Village Council Presidents, Betty Magnuson, and Ivan M. Ivan | Erin Christine Dougherty Lynch, Heather R. Kendall |
| 25-253 | Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, et al. v. Michael Howe, Secretary of State of North Dakota | 2025-09-04 | Paid | Pending | Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, et al. | John Ernest Echohawk |
| 25A62 | Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, et al. v. Michael Howe, Secretary of State of North Dakota | 2025-07-15 | A | Presumed Complete | Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, et al. | John Ernest Echohawk |
| 24-1260 | Michael Watson, Mississippi Secretary of State v. Republican National Committee, et al. | 2025-06-10 | Paid | Granted | National Congress of American Indians, Alaska Federation of Natives, and Washington Conservation Action Education Fund | Jacqueline Diana De Leon |
| 24-394 | Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board, et al. v. Gentner Drummond, Attorney General of Oklahoma, ex rel. Oklahoma | 2024-10-09 | Paid | Judgment Issued | The Association on American Indian Affairs, The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition, and The National Congress of American Indians | John Ernest Echohawk |
| 24-291 | Apache Stronghold v. United States, et al. | 2024-09-13 | Paid | Denied | 52 Tribal Nations and Organizations | John Ernest Echohawk |
| 24-110 | Press Robinson, et al., Appellants v. Phillip Callais, et al. | 2024-08-01 | Paid | Pending | MHA Nation, Lisa Finley-Deville, and Cesar Alvarez | John Ernest Echohawk |
| 24-109 | Louisiana, Appellant v. Phillip Callais, et al. | 2024-08-01 | Paid | Pending | MHA Nation, Lisa Finley-Deville, and Cesar Alvarez | John Ernest Echohawk |
| 23-969 | Charles Walen, et al., Appellants v. Doug Burgum, Governor of North Dakota, et al. | 2024-03-06 | Paid | Denied | The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, Lisa DeVille, and Cesar Alvarez, Jr. | John Ernest Echohawk |
| 23-847 | Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, et al. v. North Dakota Legislative Assembly, et al. | 2024-02-06 | Paid | GVR | Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, et al. | John Ernest Echohawk |
| 23A476 | Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, et al. v. North Dakota Legislative Assembly, et al. | 2023-11-28 | A | Presumed Complete | Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, et al. | John Ernest Echohawk |
| 22-62 | Big Horn County Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Alden Big Man, et al. | 2022-07-22 | Paid | Denied | Unknown Members of the Crow Tribal Health Board; Kenneth Pitt, Justice of the Crow Tribal Court of Appeals; Dennis Myron Bear Don't Walk, Judge of the Crow Tribal Court, et al. | Melody L. McCoy |
| 21-1086 | Wes Allen, Alabama Secretary of State, et al., Appellants v. Evan Milligan, et al. | 2022-02-07 | Paid | Denied | National Congress of American Indians | Jacqueline Diana De Leon |
| 21-840 | United States v. Aaron M. Frey, Attorney General of Maine, et al. | 2021-12-07 | Paid | Denied | National Congress of American Indians and USET Sovereignty Protection Fund | Daniel David Lewerenz |
| 21-838 | Penobscot Nation v. Aaron M. Frey, Attorney General of Maine, et al. | 2021-12-07 | Paid | Denied | National Congress of American Indians and USET Sovereignty Protection Fund | Daniel David Lewerenz |
| 21-377 | Cherokee Nation, et al. v. Chad Everet Brackeen, et al. | 2021-09-08 | Paid | Judgment Issued | 180 Indian Tribes and 35 Tribal Organizations | Erin Christine Dougherty Lynch |
| 21-376 | Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. v. Chad Everet Brackeen, et al. | 2021-09-08 | Paid | Judgment Issued | 497 Indian Tribes and 62 Tribal and Indian Organizations | Erin Christine Dougherty Lynch |
| 20-366 | Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al., Appellants v. New York, et al. | 2020-09-22 | Paid | Denied | National Congress of American Indians | Daniel David Lewerenz |
| 19-1257 | Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. v. Democratic National Committee, et al. | 2020-04-30 | Paid | Judgment Issued | National Congress of American Indians | Jacqueline Diana De Leon |
| 18A335 | Richard Brakebill, et al. v. Alvin Jaeger, North Dakota Secretary of State | 2018-09-28 | A | Presumed Complete | Richard Brakebill, et al. | John Ernest Echohawk |