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
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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 |
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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://adams.law.ou.edu/ailr/
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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
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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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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/ |
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Indian
law and legal news by Indianz.com
http://64.38.12.138/Law/
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