Native American Resources
Native American Legal Resources
General
- GSU College of Law — Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research
- Rominger Legal Links – Legal Research Page
- LLRX — Finding Law-Related Internet Resources
Federal
- FirstGov
“Your First Click to the U.S. Government”
Legislative
- THOMAS — U.S. Congress on the Internet
- U.S. Code (searchable) – Law Revision Counsel – U.S. House of Representatives
- Native American – Fed Law
- FedLaw’s links to federal laws, regulations, and agencies of relevance to Native Americans
- Federal Legislation (Senate Committee on Indian Affairs)
- Indian Affairs: Laws & Treaties
Compiled and Edited by Charles J. Kappler - Search for Congressional Bills (103rd – 106th)
- Library of Congress Home Page
- A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation (1774-1863)
A linked set of published congressional records from the Continental Congress through the 42nd Congress
Judicial
- The Federal Judicial Center Home Page
- Courts.net
Federal Courts Directory
Executive
- Whitehouse.gov
- Federal Register
- National Indian Gaming Commission
- Codetalk
A federal inter-agency Native American website designed specifically to deliver electronicinformation from government agencies and other organizations to Native American communities - American Indian Records in the Archives
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Native Americans - Indian Health Service
- American Indian Head Start
- U.S. Department of the Interior
Interior Board of Indian Appeals - Solicitors’ Opinions (1993-present)
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Division of Energy & Mineral Resources
- Federally Recognized American Indian Tribes and Alaska Natives
- Office of American Indian Trust
- Office Of Self-Governance
- Historical and Legislative Review of Federal Indian Policy
- Native American Documents Project
Allotment data; published reports of Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Board of Indian Commissioners for 1871, two appendices to the board’s report, and a map from the 1875 report. These reports touch on most aspects of Indian policy at that time; Rogue River War and Siletz Reservation collection, most from the 19th century, with explanatory material and a map. - Native American Consultation Database
- U.S. Department of Education
Office of Indian Education
U.S. Department of Justice
- Office of Tribal Justice
- U.S. Department of Commerce
American Indian Reservations and Trust Areas
A compendium of information about the economic infrastructure of these areas
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State
- Constitutions, Statutes, and Legislative Information By State
MP&C’s links to the legal resources available from the Legal Information Institute - Courts.net
State Courts Directory - NAGPRA Information by State
Tribal
- National Tribal Justice Resource Center
- National Aboriginal Document Database
- Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project
Access to codes, Cohen’s Handbook, constitutions, Indian land titles, IRA constitutions and charters, Opinions of the Solicitor, Supreme Court, treaties - National Indian Law Library Search Page
Search Native American legal materials ranging from books and journal articles to tribal self-governance documents such as tribal codes and constitutions - National Congress of American Indians
Forum for consensus-based policy development among membership of over 250 tribal governments - National American Indian Housing Council
National organization that promotes, supports, and upholds tribes and tribal housing agencies in their efforts to provide culturally-relevant, decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing for native people - Native American Bar Association
Secondary Resources
- Cohen’s Handbook (1945 ed.)
- American Indian Law Review
University of Oklahoma College of Law - Tribal Law Journal
University of New Mexico School of Law - Findlaw Subject Index on American Indian Law
- Native American Rights Fund
Non-profit organization that provides legal representation and technical assistance to Indian tribes, organizations and individuals nationwide - Useful Web Sites for Tribal Libraries
- Constitutional Status of American Indians
United States Comm’n on Civil Rights Memorandum Constitutional status of American Indians