Sovereignty
is a major challenge for Native America.
Treaties with federal governments initiated relationships
that are
the basis for today's tribal and individual relationships.
Self-governance of land, minerals, education, commerce,
health,
and gaming is the foundation of Native sovereignty.
From these selected links you can access treaties, laws,
court decisions and current legal topics.
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Treaties and Laws
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Search
through 300 years of US legal history. Formerly a series of
books, Kappler's Indian Laws and Treaties are now on-line.
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/
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Tribal
Court Clearinghouse
http://www.tribal-institute.org/
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Native
American Rights Fund (NARF). Boulder, CO. A non-profit organization
that provides legal representation and technical assistance
to Indian tribes, organizations and individuals nationwide.
Page has court watches and case reviews.
http://www.narf.org/index.html
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National
Indian Law Library (NILL). A public law library devoted to federal
Indian and tribal law that develops and makes accessible a unique
and valuable collection of legal information.
http://www.narf.org/nill/Nillindex.html |
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Financial
accounts established over a hundred years ago by the Federal
Government to manage Indian royalties are
in disarray. Indian Trust: Cobell versus Norton tracks
the daily legal proceedings. http://indiantrust.com/index.cfmw |
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American
Indian Law Review is a leading journal in the field.
http://www.law.ou.edu/lawrevs/ailr/ind.html
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Journal
of the New Mexico School of Law promotes indigenous self-determination
by facilitating discussion of traditional and western law
among the world's indigenous nations. http://tlj.unm.edu/
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National
organization with the mission to inform the public and the
federal government on tribal self-government, treaty rights,
and a broad range of federal policy issues affecting tribal
governments. http://www.ncai.org/index.asp
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National
association of Native American attorneys, judges, law
professors and law students. http://www.nativeamericanbar.org/ |
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Dedicated
to helping Native People to regain human rights and achieve
restitutions
and restorations. Provides Internet radio of current
issues. http://www.aimovement.org/ |
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Founded
to increase the involvement
of Native Americans in the political process. Educates
elected officials, political candidates,
members of the media and the general public about issues
of importance to Native Americans. http://first-americans.net
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Permanent
Forum on Indigenous Issues. International law and global
issues. United Nations,
Division for Social Policy and Development. http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/pfii/index.html |
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Indian
law and legal resources web site by Indianz.com
http://www.indianz.com/TribalLaw/Resources/
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