Guide to Native American Legal Sources

at UC Santa Cruz

[Reference Materials] [Subject Headings] [Periodicals] [Web Sites]

Reference Materials

American Indian law in a nutshell / by William C. Canby, Jr.
3rd ed.; St. Paul, Minn. : West Group, 1998.
McH Ref Law             KF8205.Z9 C36 1998

Civil liberties and the Constitution : cases and commentaries / Lucius
J. Barker ... [et al.].  8th ed. 
 Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1999.
(Ch. 17: "Native Americans")
McH Stacks              KF4748 .B2 1999

Documents of American Indian diplomacy : treaties, agreements,
and conventions, 1775-1979 / [compiled by] Vine Deloria,Jr.,and
Raymond J. DeMallie ; with a foreword by Daniel K. Inouye.
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1999.
McH Ref Law             KF8202 1999

Documents of United States Indian policy / edited by Francis
Paul Prucha.  2nd ed., rev. & exp.
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1990.
McH Ref Law             KF8205.D6 1990

The encyclopedia of Native American legal tradition / edited by
Bruce Elliott Johansen ; foreword by Charles Riley Cloud.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.
McH Ref Law             KF8204 .E53 1998

Guide to American Indian documents in the Congressional
Serial Set, 1817-1899 : a project of the Institute for the
Development of Indian Law / Steven L. Johnson.
New York : Clearwater Pub. Co., c1977.
McH Ref Law             KF8201.A1J63

Handbook of American Indian religious freedom / edited by Christopher
Vecsey.  
New York : Crossroad, 1991.
McH Ref                 E98.R3H18 1991

Handbook of federal Indian law.
1982 ed. / Rennard Strickland, editor-in-chief
Charlottesville, Va. : Mitchie : Bobbs-Merrill, c1982.
McH Stacks              KF8205.A33 1982

Handbook of North American Indians / William C. Sturtevant, general editor.
Washington : Smithsonian Institution, 1978-
Vol. 4: History of Indian-White Relations, and
Vol. 8: California, p. 701 "Treaties"; p. 705 "Litigation and its 
Effects".
McH Ref & McH Stacks (2 sets) E76.2.H36 

Indian affairs. Laws and treaties. Compiled and edited by
Charles 0. J. Kappler.
[Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975-1976]
5 v.  Commonly known as the Kappler report.
McH Ref Law             KF8203 1975

Native America today : a guide to community politics and
culture / Barry M. Pritzker.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1999.
McH Ref                 E98.T77 P75 1999

Native Americans and the law : contemporary and historical
perspectives on American Indian rights, freedoms, and
sovereignty / series editor, John R. Wunder.
New York : Garland Pub., 1996.  in 6 volumes.
McH Ref Law             KF8205.A1 N3 1996

The rights of Indians and tribes : the basic ACLU guide to Indian
and tribal rights / Stephen L. Pevar.  2d ed., completely rev.  
Carbondale, IL : Southern Illinois University Press, c1992.
McH Ref Law             KF8210.C5P48 1992
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Subject headings

Use these subject headings to search the library catalog for additional books on this topic.

Indians of North America -- Civil rights
Indians of North America --Government relations
Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Indians of North America -- Treaties

Periodicals

American Indian law review.
Norman, Okla., University of Oklahoma Press. [1973 - 
McH Curr Journals K1.M43   [UCSC has 1976+  ]

The NARF legal review / Native American Rights Fund.
 [Boulder, Colo.] : The Fund, [1983-
McH Stacks KF8201.A3 N37   [UCSC has 1994+  ]
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Web sites

There are many good web sites, and they each refer to each other extensively.

US Govt. Printing Office: Native Americans
Links to numerous government web sites, such as the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the American Indian Environment Office, & the Office of Tribal Justice.
Indian Law: an Overview
From Cornell's Legal Information Institute
Relations Between The United States and Native Americans
A section of the Avalon Project from Yale Law School
Keyword search of statutes and treaties; key treaties & documents listed.
Navajo Nation Courts
from Harvard Law School
NativeWeb: Law & Legal Issues Section
Includes Cases & Controversies, Topical Reference Sites, and links to government documents, speeches, and articles.
NativeWeb: Law News Digest
Links to recent newspaper articles: this would be a good place to find a topic for a paper!
Native American Legal Resources
Includes the "American Indian Law Review" (AILR) and the Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project (NACLDP), from the Univ. of Oklahoma.
Library of Congress: Guide to Native American Legal Sources
Links to many other sites maintained by government agencies and by universities.
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Check here for recent hearings and legislation.
Native Americans: A Subject Guide
from Arizona State University

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