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General Law Resources

Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) 
Law School Admission Council 
Lawguru.com Search engine interface for over 160 legal search engines
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Legal Sources related to Indigenous Issues

United States

Aboriginal Law and Legislation , including International Issues
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ("ANCSA") 
Alaska Natives & American Indians: Index to Resources  from the University of Alaska, Anchorage Justice Center.
All on one Spear, A Dozen Walleye 
American Indian Law Review 
American Indian Ritual Object Repatriation Foundation 
American Indians and Civil Rights , a speech given by Morris K. Udall at American University, October 4, 1965
Avalon Project at the Yale Law School , Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
Treaties Between The United States and Native Americans
California Indian Legal Services 
Chickasaw Nation, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. The State of Oklahoma 
ex rel The Oklahoma Tax Commission, The Chickasaw Nation, Order Filed August 31, 1995
Chronology of US Historical Documents 
Coerced Sterilization of Native American Women  by Michael S. DeFine
Creek Treaties Related to Georgia 
Cultural Heritage Law 
Dr. Robert Ward 
FindLaw: Indian and Native peoples 
Friends Committee on National Legislation 
House of Representatives - Internet Law Library  
Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties 
Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler Washington : Government Printing Office, 1904.
Indian Arts and Crafts Board 
Indian Country Criminal Jurisdiction 
Indian Defense League of America 
Indian Law Materials , from the legal information institute at Cornell University School of Law
Indian Law Resource Center 
Indian Trust: Cobell vs. Norton 
Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Clinic , University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
Indigenous Peoples' Law and Legal Issues  from NativeWeb
Law Library of Congress: United States: Native Americans 
Michigan Indian Legal Services 
Midwest Treaty Network 
Minnesota American Indian Bar Association (MAIBA) 
National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA) 
National Indian Justice Center 
National Judicial College  with programs for tribal court judges and special scholarship opportunities.
National Native American Bar Association 
National Native American Law Enforcement Association 
National Tribal Justice Resource Center 
Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project 
Native American Law  from the New England School of Law
Native American Law Project , Mid-America Law School Library Consortium
Native American Legislative Updates  from the Friends Committee on National Legislation
Native American Prisoner Pen-Pal List 
Native American Rights Fund 
Native American Spiritual Freedom in Prison  by Peter d'Errico
Trapp, et al. v. DuBois, et al., Massachusetts Superior Court (Worcester, Civil No. 95-0779), filed April 1, 1995.
Native American Water Rights in Arizona 
Native Nations Law & Policy Program at UCLA 
Navajo Nation Bar Association 
New York Indian Law  (PDF) from the Charles B. Sears Law Library, SUNY Buffalo
North American Indian Legal Services, Inc. 
Northwest Indian Bar Association (NIBA) 
Office of Tribal Justice , Dept. of Justice
Oklahoma Indian Legal Services 
Pine Tree Legal Assistance :
Quinnehtukqut Legal News
Wabanaki Legal News
Project Diana: Online Human RIghts Archive 
Race and Racism in American Law  University of Dayton Law School
Researching Indigenous Peoples Rights under International Law 
Steven C. Perkins, Rutgers School of Law.
Rights of Indigenous Peoples in International Law: An Annotated Bibliography 
Supreme Court Decisions 
Search United States Supreme Court Decisions
Supreme Court Review  of American Indian specific decisions
The Dakota Conflicts Trials, 1862 , from the University of Missouri - Kansas City
To Spear, or not to Spear, is not the Question 
Traveling the Spiritual Path: The Struggle For Native American Religious Freedom 
Tribal Court Clearinghouse 
Tribal Law Journal 
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library 
Western Shoshone Defense Project 
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College Programs Devoted to Indigenous Legal Issues

G. William Rice's class pages  at the University of Tulsa Law School
Indian Law Clinic  University of Colorado Law School
Indian Legal Program  at Arizona State University
Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Clinic , University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
Native American Law Center , University of Tulsa College of Law
Native American Law Students Association 
Tribal Law and Government Center , Haskell Indian Nations University - University of Kansas School of Law


Legal Practices with Indian Law Specialities

Chad Smith Cherokee , Tahlequah, OK
Hobbs, Strauss, Dean & Walker, LLP  , Washington, D.C., Portland, OR and Norman, OK
Holland & Knight's Indian Law Group  
LEGI\X  , a Native American Indian lobbying firm
Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk  , New Mexico
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Morisset, Schlosser, Ayer, & Jozwiak, Attorneys at Law  
Indian Law Resources
Fast & Corcoran   Vancouver, BC
Johnson, Thompson & Williams, LLP  , Attorneys and Counselors to Native America
Busey Law Delaware Cherokee 

General International

International Labour Organisation Convention concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries 
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues , Office of the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights
Protection of Indigenous Peoples under the ILO Convention 

Canada

Aboriginal Justice Strategy 
Aboriginal Law 
Aboriginal Law and Legislation , including International Issues
Aboriginal Rights Coalition of British Columbia 
Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission 
Bill Henderson's set of organized links 
to information on the Indigenous Peoples Worldwide
Canada - Indian Treaties 
from The National Atlas Information Service (NAIS) of Canada
Canadian First Nations Treaty Map Index 
Canadian Native Law Cases 
etc group  Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration
Indigenous Law Journal 
Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation  
Native Law Centre of Canada 
Resource Guide for Canadian Indian Treaties 
Sparrow's Promise: Aboriginal Rights in the B.C. Court of Appeal 
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Latin America

Argentina Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2002  U.S. Department of State
Bolivia Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2002  U.S. Department of State
Brazil Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2002  U.S. Department of State
Chile Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2002  U.S. Department of State
Columbia Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2002  U.S. Department of State
Costa Rica Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2002  U.S. Department of State
Dominica Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2002  U.S. Department of State
Ecuador Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2002  U.S. Department of State
El Salvador Country Reports on Human Rights Practices� 2002   U.S. Dept. of State
Guatemala Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2002  U.S. Department of State
Guyana Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2002  U.S. Department of State
Honduras Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2002  U.S. Department of State
Mexico Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2002  U.S. Department of State
Nicaragua Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2002  U.S. Department of State
Panama Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2002  U.S. Department of State
Paraguay Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2002  U.S. Department of State
Peru Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2002  U.S. Department of State
Suriname Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2002  U.S. Department of State
Trinidad and Tobago Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2002  U.S. Department of State
Uruguay - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices��2002  U.S. Dept. of State
Venezuela Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2002  U.S. Department of State




Other Countries

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders Corporation for Legal Services 
Maori Land Court Minute Books 


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