Indian Law

Statutory, Case and Administrative Law: Federal and California Legal Reference Resources and Internet Guides   Library Catalog Reference Collection Guides Online Texts Databases

Library Catalog

Library of Congress Classification
E77 General works
E78 By state, province or region, A-Z
E93 Government Relations US
E98 By subject, A-Z
E99 By Tribe, A-Z
KF8201-KF8208 Indian Legal Matters

Library of Congress Subject Headings
Indian art North America
Indians of North America – Fishing
Indians of North America - Government relations
Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc.
Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc. - Water rights.
Navajo Indians - Legal status, laws, etc.
United States - Civilization - Indian influences

broadest approach is Keyword:

Indian? religion

Indian? fishing

Indian? legal

Indian? law

(the "?" retrieves both singular and plural forms, Indian and Indians)

Reference Collection

• Handbook of North American Indians. 1978- (ref E 76.2 H36) Detailed volume list
• Johnston-Dodds, Kimberly. Early California Laws and Policies Related to California Indians (ref E 78 C15 J64 2002 and online)
• Grinde. Native Americans (ref E 93 N32 2002)
• Washburn, Wilcomb. The American Indian and the United States: A Documentary History (ref E 93 W27) Reprints of major documents in 4 volumes
• Indian Law Reporter. 1976- (ref KF 8201 A3 I5) Full text of cases from all jurisdictions. Monthly updates, semi-annual and annual indexes, by case and by broad subject.
• Deloria and DeMallie. Documents of American Indian Diplomacy 1775-1979 (ref KF 8202 1999)
• Fixico, Donald L. Treaties with American Indians: An Encyclopedia of Rights, Conflicts, and Sovereignty 3 volumes (ref KF 8203.6 T74 2008)
• American Indian Law Deskbook (ref KF 8205 A76 2004, suppl 2006)
• Pevar, Stephen L. The Rights of Indians and Tribes (ref KF 8210 C5 P48 2012)

Guides

• California Indian Legal Services - Good for California resources, e.g., Birth Records Self-Help Kit
• USAdotgov: For Tribal Governments and Native Americans - This official site brings together a massive amount of information available from the federal government as well as links to other sources of information.
• Law Library of Congress: Indians of North America - This is a good beginning site with links to many of the sites below.
• University of Montana - Indian & Tribal Law – Another guiding site.
• UC Berkeley Library Research Guide for Native American Resources – An extensive list of sources for legal research, including links to many of the sites below and more. See also American Indian Law from Berkeley Law Library.

Online Texts

• Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project – Coordinated by The University of Oklahoma Law Library and The National Indian Law Library of the Native American Rights Fund. Includes on-line version of tribal codes, constitutions, Cohen’s Handbook, etc. See also the Research Guides.
• National Indian Law Library – This site provides additional ways of finding and relating to the above materials.
• Cornell - Legal Information Institute - Supreme Court Collection – LII is a major site for legal research. Major cases are grouped by topic: select Indians.
• Oklahoma State University Library Digital Collections – Kappler and ICC Decisions are here.

Databases

LexisNexis Zimmerman's Research Guide to Native American Legal Materials – A good summary of most of the above sources. To get here, logged in to the subscription site, go to Articles and Databases: Native American Studies.