LibGuides: Native American Law: Native American / Indian Law

Librarian

Angela Hackstadt

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University at Albany

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Subjects: Law, Political Science, Public Administration and Policy

Global Resources

Indigenous Law Portal
General Resources for Global Indigenous Law. Links to resources collected by LLMC

Native American Law or Tribal Law?

In the United States, federal laws that regulate, legislate, or otherwise impact Native Americans are referred to as Indian Law or Native American Law. This is distinct from Tribal Law, which refers to laws passed by individual tribes. See the Tribal Law and Government guide for more information.

United States Government Information by Subject: Native Americans
Another guide for researching government information related to Native Americans. By Karina Ricker, Government Information Librarian.

Databases: Primary Legal Authority & Scholarship

Westlaw Campus Research
Abridged version of Westlaw; includes full-text of state and federal court decisions, state and federal statutes, law reviews, American Jurisprudence 2d, and American Law Reports 2-5th and Federal.
Nexis Uni
Includes full-text of state and federal court decisions, state and federal statutes, and law reviews.
HeinOnline
HeinOnline is a premier online database containing more than 160 million pages and 160,000 titles of legal history and government documents in a fully searchable, image-based format. Access to a comprehensive law review database; National Survey of State Laws; Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture, and Law; Gun Regulation and Legislation in America; and New York Legal Research Library is included, along with access to other sources of primary and secondary legal authority.
HathiTrust Digital Library
The HathiTrust Digital Library may offer full text of government commissioned reports that pre-date digitization efforts.
Statutes at Large
Digitized by the Law Library of Congress; provides searchable PDFs beginning with the 1st Congress (1789-1791).

Treaties

The Indigenous Digital Archive Treaties Explorer
Avalon Project - Treaties Between the United States and Native Americans
Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale

U.S. Government Sources

Code of Federal Regulations
Title 25 - Indians
United States Code
Title 25 - Indians
Supreme Court of the United States
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs
This notice publishes the current list of 566 Tribal entities recognized and eligible for funding and services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) by virtue of their status as Indian Tribes. January 29, 2016