Native American Law

See more about this topic in the Dickinson Legal Research Resources:
U.S. Government Resources: Native American
Native American Law Research Guide & Bibliography

Aboriginal Law and Legislation
http://www.bloorstreet.com/300block/ablawleg.htm

Contains international aboriginal law, such as constitutions, legislation, and court decisions, specifically for the countries of Canada, United State, New Zealand, and Australia.

American Indian Heritage Foundation
http://www.indians.org

The American Indian Heritage Foundation site provides extensive links and other useful information.

Bureau of Indian Affairs
http://www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html

"The BIA website as well as the BIA mail servers have been made temporarily unavailable due to the Cobell Litigation," as of 5/27/04, however, there are other useful links made available.

Center for World Indigenous Studies
http://www.cwis.org/

The Center for World Indigenous Studies is a non-profit research and education facility that publishes and distributes literature from Fourth World Nations.

Fourth World Documentation Project
http://www.cwis.org/fwdp/americas.html#n_amer

Full-text documents relating to Native Americans. Includes treaties, governmental statements, Indian proclamations, tribal statements and tribal documents.

Index to Native American Legal Resources
http://www.law.und.nodak.edu/lawweb/research/native.html

Index to Native American federal and tribal legal resources.

Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/

This link provides access to treaties of Charles Kappler's Indian Affairs, as digitized by Oklahoma State University.

Native American & Aboriginal Law Research
http://www.nesl.edu/research/native.cfm

Research guide to Native American research from the New England School of Law, including links to tribal nations pages.

Native American Constitution & Law Digitization Project
http://thorpe.ou.edu

Project of the University of Oklahoma Law Center and the National Indian Law Library to make tribal constitutions and codes accessible online.

Native American Documents Project
http://www.csusm.edu/projects/nadp/nadp.htm

California State University website with published reports (1871, 1872, 1875, 1876), allotment data, Rogue River War and Siletz Reservation documents, and information on California Tribes.

Native American Legal Resources on the Internet
http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/

Links to Native American resources in areas such as language, nations, organizations, health, education, etc.

Native American Rights Fund
http://www.narf.org

Includes past issues of NARF Legal Review, case updates, press releases, and a collection of laws and treaties.

Native Web
http://www.nativeweb.org

Comprehensive site that can be searched by subject, geographic regions, nations/peoples, or languages. Maintains a 'New' sites listing, a law and legal issues site, list of organizations, literature, newsletters and journals, bibliographies, information sites, and personal home pages.