Tribal Nations The Story of Federal Indian Law
Indigenous History and Rights & Tribal Sovereignty
Indian Rights, Indian Law, 1978
Film deals with the work of the Native American Rights Fund in its efforts to protect the rights of American Indians in cases involving treaty rights, ownership of natural resources on tribal lands, and trust relationships with the Federal Government.
AV 2962
From the Ford Foundation records, Audiovisual materials
Series 1, Ford Foundation Films
Finding Aid: FA750
Color, Sound, English language
Originally 16mm film on VHS
Duration: 60 minutes
Tribal Treaties Database
Complete Text of Indian Civil Rights Act
The Tribal Court Clearinghouse - Complete Text of Indian Civil Rights Act
Tribal, Federal, and State American Governments
When we think of the system of government in the United States, many of us typically think of the federal and the state governments. But tribal governments are also significant systems of law that have been integral to the formation of democracy in the U.S.
Native American Issues Reservation Legal Process Tribal Law
A Reporter's Guide to American Indian Law - The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Fall 2006 issue of The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
Race and Decolonization: Whiteness as Property in the American Settler Colonial Project
Challenges to institutionalized racism have been largely framed in terms of equitable access to, and redistribution of, the wealth and power accumulated and con
Native American Law
Many Native American tribes have received official recognition from the US government and have been granted economic, political, social, and cultural rights.
A Closer Look at Environmental Injustice in Indian Country - Jana L. Walker, Jennifer L. Bradley, and Timothy J. Humphrey
Over the last two decades, the environmental justice movement has evolved into a recognized social movement within the United States that merges civil rights with environmental protection.
Civil Rights and American Indians: History and Law - FindLaw
Below you will find tips and historical information on legal protections for Native Americans and other native peoples. Choose a link to get started.Protecting the
American Indian law
Alternative to Extinction: Federal Indian Policy and the Beginnings of the Reservation System, 1846–51
Published in History: Reviews of New Books (Vol. 3, No. 8, 1975)
AALL 2021 Recap: Sovereignty, Native America, and Legal Culture: Why Accessing and Understanding Tribal Law Just Became More Important
By Meredith Capps In an “on-demand” session offered to AALL 2021 Virtual Meeting attendees, Darla W. Jackson moderated a discussion regarding current efforts to publish Native American tribal law o…
Obelisk defendants complete 'restorative justice' program
The DA says eight people who avoided jail completed more than 320 hours of community service.
What Environmental Justice Means in Indian Country
Native peoples in the U.S. are often citizens of both the United States and of autonomous Native nations. That makes Native environmental justice issues more complex.
U.N. Human Rights Committee Denounces U.S. Indigenous Policies
A leading United Nations human rights body has issued a report blasting the United States for its systematic abrogation of its treaties with Native Americans, stealing of reservation land, and the loss of billions of dollars of Native American money, among other things. It demanded that the United States grant American Indians and Native Hawai’ians the same basic protections under U.S. law that it grants to nonindigenous Americans.
Streams and lakes have rights, a US county decided. Now they’re suing Florida
A novel lawsuit is taking advantage of a local ‘rights of nature’ measure passed in November in effort to protect wetlands
On Indian Land, Criminals Can Get Away With Almost Anything
Violence is on the rise at a North Dakota reservation. And tribal officers are often powerless to stop it.
Native Americans: A Crisis in Health Equity
Despite a legal obligation of the United States to provide health care to Native Americans, this group faces significant inequity in health care compared to other U.S. populations.
Lawsuit seeks education reform at Native American schools
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A lawsuit that accuses the federal government of failing to adequately provide for students on a small, isolated reservation in Arizona is set to go to trial in...
José Francisco Cali Tzay Appointed as New United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
José Francisco Cali Tzay (Maya Kaqchikel), a longtime defender of Indigenous rights, completed his term on the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on January 19, 2020. The CERD is the Treaty Monitoring Body for the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), and one of nine International Human Rights Treaties within the UN system. The ICERD is legally-binding for the 175 countries (State parties) which have ratified it to date.
How the U.S. legal system ignores tribal law
Elizabeth Reese, Stanford Law School’s first Native American professor, discusses the intentional marginalization of tribal legal structures.
Dozens of groups sue U.S. government over Seattle National Archives closure | Reuters
The U.S. states of Washington and Oregon, along with dozens of Native American tribes and cultural groups, sued the federal government on Monday to stop the sale of the National Archives building in the city of Seattle.
United States: Canadian Government Invokes 1977 Pipeline Treaty in Ongoing Line 5 Pipeline Dispute
On October 4, 2021, the Canadian government informed the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Michigan that Canada would formally invoke Article IX of the 1977 Transit Pipelines Treaty in response to the state of Michigan’s revocation on November 13, 2020, of the 1953 easement it issued for the Line 5 pipeline.Michigan revoked … Continue reading “United States: Canadian Government Invokes 1977 Pipeline Treaty in Ongoing Line 5 Pipeline Dispute”
Indian Affairs - U. S. Department of the Interior
We maintain government-to-government relationships with Indian tribes, and facilitate support for tribal people and tribal governments. We promote safe and quality living environments, strong communities, self sufficient and individual rights, while enhancing protection of the lives, prosperity and well being of American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Twelve Tribes Selected for Participation in Program Enhancing Tribal Access to National Crime Information Databases
The Department of Justice has selected an additional 12 federally recognized Tribes to participate in the expansion of the Tribal Access Program for National Crime Information (TAP), a program that provides tribal governments with means to access, enter and exchange data with national crime information systems, including those maintained by the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division and the states.
Reference Reports on Native American Records in the National Archives
Native American genealogy in Federal records depends primarily upon the use of records created by the Office of Indian Affairs (later renamed the Bureau of Indian Affairs). These records relate to tribes officially recognized by the United States, including the Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminoles) and other Native American nations involved in treaties or guardianship relationships with the Federal Government.
Indigenous Law Research Strategies: Settlement Acts | In Custodia Legis
A blog post about how to research Native American settlement acts.
Native American Policies - Office of Tribal Justice