Legal Resources

General
GSU College of Law -- Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research

FirstGov - U.S. Government Portal
Official web portal for the United States government. Includes federal, state, and local government resources, a guide to government agencies, online services, business and nonprofit information, news, and reference materials.
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

Library of Congress Home Page

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

Indian Health Service

U.S. Department of the Interior

Solicitors' Opinions (1993-present)

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Office of American Indian Trust

Historical and Legislative Review of Federal Indian Policy.

Judicial

The Federal Judicial Center Home Page

Courts.net
Federal Courts Directory

U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Tribal Justice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



U.S. Department of Education
Office of Indian Education

Courts.net
State Courts Directory

NAGPRA Information by State

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

Useful Web Sites for Tribal Libraries

Tribal
National Tribal Justice Resource Center

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

Other Links

www.500nations.com/tribes/Tribes_State-by-State.asp

www.firstgov.gov/index

www.narf.org/nill/Nillindex

http://indian.senate.gov/public/

www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/nations-etc

http://www.indianz.com/default.asp