NARF files suit on behalf of Tribes and Students Challenging Reductions at the Bureau of Indian Education, Haskell Indian Nations University, and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI).

The complaint, available below, was filed on March 7 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The Tribal plaintiffs include the Pueblo of Isleta, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, and Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, and the complaint names the Secretary of Interior Doug Burgum, Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Bryan Mercier, and Director of BIE Tony Dearman as defendants.