WELCOME TO THE
FEDERAL INDIAN LAW SECTION OF THE
EVERGREEN SUPREME COURT'S
VIRTUAL LAW LIBRARY

 

 

1. Westlaw
2. Federal Statutes, Regulations and Selected Judicial Decisions
3. Guides for Legal Research on Federal Indian Law

4. Non-Government Sites
5. Government Sites

1.  Westlaw
Click here for Westlaw Campus.  For access from off campus, you will need to enter the ID number and password you use to access your library account.

2. Federal Statutes, Regulations and Selected Judicial Decisions:

Federal Statutes (U.S. Code):
25 U.S. C. §§1301-3 - The Indian Civil Rights Act
Index with Links to All of U.S. Code: Title 25 - Indians
18 U.S.C. §1151 - "Indian Country"
18 U.S.C. §1152 - The Indian Country Crimes Act (Tribal Court Jurisdiction)
18 U.S.C. §1153 - The Major Crimes Act
18 U.S.C. §1162 and 28 U.S.C. §1360 - Public Law 83-280
Index with Links to All of  U.S. Code Title 18, Chapter 53 - Indians

28 U.S.C. §: 1362 - Federal Court Jurisdiction Over Civil Actions Brought by Indian Tribes
42 U.S.C., Chapter 22 - Indian Hospitals and Health Facilities

43 U.S.C. Chapter 33 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Search for all titles of the U.S. Code
Links to Other Laws Affecting American Indians 

Federal Regulations (Code of Federal Regulations):
Title 25 C.F.R. - Indians

Judicial Decisions
Historic Indian Law Decisions
Recent Indian Law Decisions
Recent U.S. Court of Appeals Indian Law Decisions

3. Guides for Legal Research on Federal Indian Law:

Indian Law Overview (Legal Information Institute):

http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/indian.html

University of Washington Gallagher Law Library's Guide to Indian Law Research
http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/indian.html

Harvard Law School Library's Guide to Research on Tribal Law
http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/services/research/guides/united_states/specialized/tribal_law.php

University of New Mexico Resources (includes links to many established Indian law organizations and institutions as well as links to various on-line Indian law research materials)
http://lawschool.unm.edu/indian/resources/index.htm

 

Judicare: Landmark Supreme Court Cases Regarding Federal Indian Law

http://www.judicare.org/sct.html

Findlaw: Indian and Native Peoples Law

http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/21indian/

 

Findlaw: Guide to Websites on Indian and Native Peoples Law
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/21indian/sites.html

Findlaw: Primary Materials: Law and Government Documetns (Including Treaties and Indian Nation Constitutions)

http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/21indian/gov_laws.html

Law Library of Congress Guide to Law Online: U.S. Native Americans

http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/usnative.html

 

FedLaw: Native Americans

http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/legal22x.htm

 

MegaLaw: Native American Law

http://www.megalaw.com/top/native.php

 

Internet Law Library: Indian Nations and Tribes

http://www.priweb.com/internetlawlib/31.HTM

 

Department of Interior Library Native Americans Page

http://library.doi.gov/internet/native.html

4. Non-Government Sites:

 

National Indian Law Library

http://www.narf.org/nill/Nillindex.html

This library's collection is devoted to federal Indian and tribal law. Site includes the text of

selected tribal codes and constitutions; a U.S. Supreme Court update on Indian law cases; and

links to other primary and secondary Indian law sources. The online catalog contains descriptions of

all 12,000 titles available in the library's collection.

 

Native American Rights Fund's Supreme Court Project

http://doc.narf.org/sc/index.html
Provides briefs on key Supreme cases, including those at the petition for certiorari stage.

Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project

http://thorpe.ou.edu

Provides the text of selected tribal codes and constitutions; selected Indian treaties; and Felix

Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law. Site also includes Supreme Court Review, which

provides a summary of Indian law cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court from the 1997 term

to the present.

 

National Tribal Justice Resource Center

http://www.tribalresourcecenter.org

Site includes a searchable database of over 600 tribal court opinions, orders, and memoranda.

The text of selected tribal codes and constitutions are also provided.

 

Tribal Court Clearinghouse

http://www.tribal-institute.org

Designed as a resource for tribal justice systems, this site provides case summaries of U.S.

Supreme Court Indian law cases since 1991, with links to the full opinions; the text of selected

law review articles and essays; links to tribal codes and constitutions; and links to Indian law

journals.

 

Avalon Project at the Yale Law School-Relations Between the U.S. and Native Americans

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/natamer.htm

Provides a searchable database of selected U.S. statutes relating to Native Americans, from

1789-1887, and a searchable database of selected Indian treaties. Also provides the text of

selected Presidential messages and other miscellaneous documents.

Links to Federally Recognized Native American Tribes
http://www.healing-arts.org/tribelinks.htm

 

5. Government Sites:

U.S. Department of Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs

http://www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html

Site includes a list of federally recognized Indian tribes and a directory of tribal leaders.

 

U.S. Department of Interior - Office of Hearings and Appeals (temporarily unavailable)

http://hearingsandappeals.doi.gov/Indian.html

Site includes a searchable database of Board of Indian Appeals decisions from 1970 to the present,

with cases indexed both alphabetically and chronologically.

 

U.S. Department of Justice - Office of Tribal Justice

http://www.usdoj.gov/otj/

This office coordinates the agency's policies and positions on Native American issues. Site

includes an archive of remarks and speeches of the Attorney General that relate to tribal

matters, as well as an archive of congressional testimony by agency personnel.

 

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

http://indian.senate.gov/

Site includes a legislative update page with links to the text of pending bills having to do with

Indian affairs, as well as links to bills introduced in previous Congresses.

 

Environmental Protection Agency - American Indian Environmental Office

http://www.epa.gov/indian/

This office oversees the development and implementation of the agency's Indian policy. Site

includes the text of agency regulations, policies, and initiatives relating to Indian policy.

Findlaw's Guide to Government Agencies Dealing with Indian and Native Peoples
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/21indian/gov_agencies.html