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- FedLaw's Native American LinksProvides links to case law and legislative materials affecting Native Americans.
- Indian Law Resource CenterA non-profit law and advocacy organization whose goal is protection of indigenous people's human rights, cultures, and traditional lands. This site provides descriptions of significant cases, newsletters, and links to relevant documents and organizations.
- Law Library of Congress Guides to Law Online - United States: Indians of North AmericaPrepared by the U.S. Law Library of Congress Public Services Division, this links to sources of information on Indian law available on the Web.
- National Indian Law LibraryThe National Indian Law Library (NILL) is a public law library devoted to federal Indian and tribal law. It serves both the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) and all members of the general public including indviduals and organizations working on behalf of Native Americans. The NILL collection includes Tribal self-governance documents including tribal constitutions, codes, ordinances, charters bylaws and intergovernmental agreements; Legal pleadings from important Native law cases; Indian law treatises, case law reporters, handbooks, and manuals; Native American Rights Fund pulications; Federal legislative history documents relating to Indian law including statutes, congressional hearings and reports; American Indian treaties; federal administrative documents relating to Indian law; tribal and Indian law-related newsletters, newspapers and periodicals; and a basic collection of general reference historical/cultural books on Native Americans.
- Native American Law ResearchResearch guide from the University of Oklahoma Law School- providing a broad overview of resources available to researchers of Federal Indian, tribal, and indigenous peoples' law issues.
- Research in American Indian LawChapter 54, Legal Research and Law Library Management.
- Tribal LawUniversity of Kansas Wheat Law Library
- Indian and Tribal LawUniversity of Washington Gallagher Law Library.
Navigating tribal law : leading lawyers on understanding the unique procedures, intricacies, and challenges involved with tribal cases
Contents:
Reflections on tribal sovereignty and sovereign immunity / Frank R. Lawrence -- Litigating disputes in Indian Country / Jay P. Walters -- Understanding and respecting the process of trying cases in tribal courts: what attorneys need to know / Rob Roy Smith -- Advising lenders of the intricacies and potential hazards involved in participating in commercial transactions with Indian tribes / Richard J. Schroeder -- The importance of respecting tribal courts as serious venues and understanding their unique procedures / Rory Dilweg -- Locating the appropriate resources to successfully navigate the unique procedural issues in tribal law / John F. Lomax Jr.