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"United States Government Offices"
**UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
- Welcome to the Whitehouse ~*~ Text Index ~ News ~ History ~ Kids
- The Charters of Freedom "The Declaration of Independence"
"The Constitution of the United States" ~*~ "Bill of Rights"- White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges & Universities Home Page
- Welcome to "Ask the White House" "An online interactive
forum where you can submit questions to Bush administration
officials. Since its launch in April, citizens have interacted
with Cabinet Secretaries, Senior White House Officials and
behind-the-scenes professionals at the White House."
- The United States Senate ~*~ U.S. House of Representatives
- Committee on Indian Affairs ~ United States Senate
For the Love of Our Country: America's First Citizens
and Their Contributions to the United States of America.
"Selected Committee hearings will be broadcast over
the Internet using RealVideo. Hearings scheduled
for broadcast can be found under Upcoming Hearings."
- The United States Commission on Civil Rights
"(USCCR) is an independent, bipartisan, fact-finding agency
of the Executive Branch, first established under the Civil
Rights Act of 1957. On November 30, 1983, a new Commission
was established under the Civil Rights Act of 1983 (P.L. 98-183)."
- DOI ~ The Department of the Interior Homepage
"Access to the DOI website has been restricted
in compliance with a court order Select DOI
web pages will be made available to the public
through a private internet service provider."
- United Nations
- UN Documents: A selection of official UN documents.
- Economic and Social Development
- Indigenous Peoples: Links to UN programme sites.
- Intellectual Property Links to other UN agencies
**U.S. GOVERNMENT RESEARCH PATHS
- THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
- FirstGov for Nonprofits "A network of links
to Federal government information and services"
- The National Conference of State Legislatures "NCSL is the premiere legislative organization. The legislature's partner in policymaking. It is here to serve the men and women who serve the 50 states. Here you will find comprehensive information, research on critical state issues, informative publications, provocative meetings and seminars, an unparalleled legislative information database..."
State Historic Preservation Laws "The 1997 Legislation Database contains a comprehensive listing and narrative summaries for all state legislation or state constitution articles that contain specific references to: Historic properties; Archeological sites or materials collected from archeological sites; or Culturally significant unmarked human burials and associated burial objects."
- U.S. Government Printing Office Home Page
- Electronic Information: Online, On-Demand and Locator Services Through GPO Access
- Office of the Federal Register
- Federal Register: "Online via GPO Access" Database for the 1995, 1996 and 1997
- February 27, 1997 [Notices] Proposed Finding for Federal Acknowledgment of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe
- September 9, 1996.--Ordered to be printed Providing For The Settlement of the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute, and for other purposes
- Code Talk: 'A federal website for Indian Country.' "Developed and administered by the Office of Information Policies and Systems and the Office of Native American Programs ( ONAP) of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Sponsored by all of the Federal agencies who operate Native American programs. Its name is based on the Native American Code Talkers, heroes of two world wars."
- Southern Plains Office of Native American Programs "The mission of the Southern Plains Office of Native American Programs is to have fun working together harmoniously with dedication to provide resources for affordable, cultural, quality living environments and economic opportunities for all Native Americans."
- National Agricultural Statistics Service 1997 Census of Agriculture "For the first time, the census of agriculture is the responsibility of the United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). In prior years, the agricultural census was conducted by the Bureau of the Census." (**Note: Information is broken down racially and includes information specifically pertaining to American Indians.)
- Consumer Information Center Pueblo, Colorado 81009
- Download the Winter 1996-1997 Catalog
- Where to write for Vital Records
- Military Service Records in the National Archives of the United States
- Using Records in the National Archives for Genealogical Research
- (NARA) National Archives and Records Administration
- NARA Archives and Preservation Resources ~ Search NARA
Try a search using the keyword "Indian".- (NAIL) Archival Information Locator
"A Pilot Database of Selected Holdings."
- Data in NAIL ~ Search Nail
Try a search using the keywords "American and Indian".
- U.S. Department of Education
- What's New at the Department of Education?
- Search Full-text of ED's Web Below found using Keyword's:(Native American Indian Tribe)
- ED394744 May 96 Teaching Young Children about Native Americans. ERIC Digest. Author: Reese, Debbie
- New Look At Gifted First Americans
- Government Information Sharing Project - Oregon State University "Data provided by the Bureau of the Census, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the National Center for Education Statistics and the MESA Group." (Demographics, Economics & Education)
- Welcome to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Mapping Information World Wide Web Server! The USGS, through its National Mapping Program, provides accurate and up-to-date cartographic data and information for the United States.
- Geographic Names Information System Online Data Base Query Form
- ALIS Online: Arizona Legislative Information
- Bureau of Indian Affairs Minneapolis Area Office "The Minneapolis Area of the Bureau of Indian Affairs is one of 12 Area Offices located across the country. These 12 Area Offices make up the field portion of the Bureau. Each Area Office is headed by an Area Director who reports to the Deputy Commissioner for Indian Affairs."
List of Agencies Within Minneapolis Area Office
- Great Lakes Agency
- BIA Michigan Agency
- BIA Minnesota Agency
- BIA Red Lake Agency
- Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs "Members include tribal representatives and representatives from state agencies. The Commission works with state agencies in order to effectively address Native American issues within the State of Colorado." State Capitol, Denver, Colorado
- Indian Ancestry and Tribal Benefits: Who Is Eligible? "People often assume that being part Indian automatically entitles them to federal benefits. This is a misconception shared by Indians and non-Indians alike."
- Answers To Frequently Asked Questions Such as; Who is Indian? What is an Indian Tribe? What is an Indian Reservation? Do Indians serve in the Armed Forces?
- State and Local Governments "Meta-Indexes for State and Local Government Information" (Library of Congress Resource Page)
- Piper Resources "Public Information in a Digital Age" The PIPER Letter provides original, practical and policy-level assistance to government agency managers, policymakers, and technical staff in dealing with questions regarding public information in a digital age.
- State and Local Government on the Net "A Piper Resources guide to government sponsored Internet sites"
- State of Michigan ~*~ Michigan Government ~*~ Department of Civil Rights
- The Michigan Commission on Indian Affairs ~ Lansing, MI
- MCIA "Pow Wow" & Events Schedule Event Path 1 ~*~ Event Path 2
- Tracing Your American Indian Ancestry
- MGCB "Michigan Gaming Control Board" ~*~ Indian Casinos
- Michigan Historical Center ~*~ Sanilac Petroglyphs Bad Axe
Father Marquette National Memorial and Museum St. Ignace
Minority Records II: Native Americans
- Welcome to North Star "Minnesota State Government On-line" Main Menu
- Government Offices "Minnesota Government Branches, Agencies, Offices and other Publicly Supported Institutions"
- The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council "The official liaison between state and tribal governments. The mission of the Indian Affairs Council is to protect the sovereignty of the 11 Minnesota Tribes and the well-being of American Indian people throughout the state of Minnesota."
**TRIBAL GOVERNMENT/ORGANIZATIONS
- National Tribal Justice Resource Center
4410 Arapahoe Ave, Suite 135, Boulder, CO 80303 "A project of the National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA). Tribal Court Codes & Constitutions With the assistance of our collaborating partner, the National Indian Law Library, and the support of numerous Native American tribes and Native Alaska villages, we have had the ability to collect, digitize and publish online numerous tribal constitutional and code provisions relating to the establishment and operation of tribal justice systems."
- The Cherokee Code "Published by Order of the Tribal
Council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians"
- The Minnesota American Indian Chamber of Commerce "A non-profit organization supporting American Indian entrepreneurs and the Native American community through programs and services in support of our unique dual mission of promoting Native American entrepreneurs; and providing education, training, and employment services to Native American youth and adults."
- Crow Court of Appeals - Crow Tribal Court
P.O. Box 489, Crow Agency, MT 59022
- The National American Indian Court Judges Association "NAICJA is a national voluntary association of tribal court judges. NAICJA is a non-profit corporation established in 1969. The Association is primarily devoted to the support of American Indian and Alaska Native justice systems through education, information sharing and advocacy. The mission of the Association, as a national representative membership organization, is to strengthen and enhance tribal justice systems."
- National Tribal Justice Resource Center "NTJRC is being established by the National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA) under a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) of the U.S. Department of Justice."
- National American Indian Housing Council "The NAIHC is a national membership organization that promotes, supports, and upholds tribes and tribal housing agencies in their efforts to provide culturally-relevant, decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing for native people in American Indian communities and Alaskan native villages."
- The National Congress of American Indians "(NCAI) was founded in 1944 and is the oldest and largest national Indian organization. NCAI serves to protect the rights of Indian Nations and Native Governments, to enhance the quality of life of Indian and Native people, and to promote a better understanding among the general public about Indian and Native governments, people and rights."
- Inter-Tribal Environmental Council "ITEC was formed in 1993 to assist
the ITEC Tribes in developing and building environmental infrastructure
and capacity. It was also formed to help the ITEC Tribes protect their
health, natural resources and environment. Currently, there are thirty-one
(31) ITEC member Tribes across Oklahoma." [Funded through the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency and is administered by the Cherokee
Nation's Office of Environmental Services (OES).]
- Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
"Indian Tribes Working For Tomorrow's Fish Today"**RESEARCH/CONTACT Non-Government
- Welcome to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
"The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is one of twelve
regional Federal Reserve Banks across the U.S. that, together
with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., serve as
our nation's central bank."
- Open Secrets.Org Center for Responsive Politics ~ Washington, DC
"The Center for Responsive Politics is a non-partisan, non-profit
research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in
politics, and its effect on elections and public policy."
- Friends Committee on National Legislation
"FCNL is a Quaker lobby in the public interest."
- governmentguide.com "Government Services Made Easy"
- GPO Gate Access "GPO Access is a service of the U.S. Government
Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of
important information products produced by the Federal Government.
The information provided on this site is the official, published
version and the information retrieved from GPO Access can be used
without restriction, unless specifically noted. This free service
is funded by the Federal Depository Library Program and has grown
out of Public Law 103-40, known as the Government Printing Office
Electronic Information Enhancement Act of 1993."
- Contacting The Congress 'Online Directory for the Congress'
"Contact information for every Congressmember from a
particular state/commonwealth/territory."
- State and Local Government on the net. "A directory
of official state, county, and city government web sites."
- Project Vote Smart Web Presidential, Congressional,
The States, Politics on the Web "Project Vote Smart is
a voter's self-defense system that provides voters with
factual information on candidates and elected officials."
- Tribal Air ~ Office of Air and Radiation "Tribal air quality programs in Indian Country by: providing timely and user-friendly access to key information, promoting the exchange of ideas, making available relevant documents to all environmental professionals who live and work in Indian Country."
- Tribal Air Partners ~*~ Regional Information ~*~ Training ~*~ Air Programs ~*~ Forum
- Cultural Education "How much do you know about Native Americans and Indian Country? Take a quiz to find out! Learn more about key concepts and EPA’s work in Indian Country."
- Office of Surface Mining "...is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Interiorwith responsibility, in cooperation with the states and Indian Tribes, to protect citizens and the environment during coal mining and reclamation and to reclaim mines abandoned before 1977."
- Indian Health Service Home Page "An Agency of the Public
Health Service Department of Health and Human Services"
- The Office of Minority Health Resource Center "Established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health in 1987. OMH-RC serves as a national resource and referral service on minority health issues."
- National Park Service Tribal Preservation Program "The Tribal Preservation Program is dedicated to working with Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Groups, and Native Hawaiians to preserve and protect historic resources and cultural traditions important to Native Americans."
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency * Text Version
- Job Announcements
- Programs and Initiatives of Interest: State, Local, and Tribal Governments
- SLATE Networks (State, Local, And Tribal Environmental Network)
Tribal Links "American Indian links including Tribal Contacts, Grants, Programs, and Policies."
- The American Indian Environmental Office (AIEO)
"Including Tribal Contacts, Grants, Programs, and Policies."
- EPA Policy: For The Administration of Environmental Programs on Indian Reservations
- News from the Federal Water Program
- Waste Management in Indian Country "Contains information to assist in the development of healthy and environmentally protective integrated solid waste management practices."
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- U.S. Department for Human Services: Administration for Children and Families - Welfare Reform Information
- ACF in the News
- Office of Community Services Division of Tribal Services
- Nation to Nation
- Tribal Guidance (TANIF) for the Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Program
- Native Employment Works Program
- APHIS: USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service "Protecting American Agriculture"
- Press Releases: "You can sign up to have APHIS press releases sent automatically to your e-mail address."
- Emergency Bison Protection Plan Proposed WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 1997
- USDA Proposes To Amend Brucellosis Status Requirments WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 1997
- USDA Amends Brucellosis Regulations WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 1996
- American Indian Environmental Office "The American Indian Environmental Office (AIEO) coordinates the Agency-wide effort to strengthen public health and environmental protection in Indian Country, with a special emphasis on building Tribal capacity to administer their own environmental programs." Text Version
- EnviroText Retrieval System: Site contains searchable databases about Federal and State Laws, Federal and State Regulations, Executive Orders, U.S. Native American Policies, Tribal Codes and Contacts, International Treaties and Agreements, as pertains to environmental issues!
- Welcome Department of Justice Canada ~*~ The Department
Minister and Attorney General ~*~ News and Events ~*~ Laws of Canada
- Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs "Province of British Columbia Canada"
News Releases
- First Nation Communities in B.C. "First Nation Communities in B.C."
- Nisga'a Treaty Negotiations
- Draft 'Nisga'a Final Agreement' "These documents are drafts
of chapters of the Nisga'a Final Agreement, which will be
formally initialed in a ceremony in the Nass valley on August
4th, 1998. The full and final text of the agreement will be
posted on or about August 4th, 1998."
- Institute of Indigenous Government; Vancouver, B.C.
- IIG Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Access Project
*Final Report/Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
*Rapport final/ Commission royale sur les peuples autochtones
- Indian and Northern Affairs Canada ~*~ Affaires indiennes et du Nord Canada
- Index ~*~ Table of Contents
- Publications ~*~ Federal Policy Guide: Aboriginal Self-Government
- The Northern Information Network "(NIN) encourages
information sharing about the Yukon and the Northwest
Territories for more effective decision making in the areas
such as resource management and economic development."
[A NIN Bulletin Board for those without easy access to the
Internet can be reached using a modem. (1-800 access)]
- Northwest Territories: Bureau Of Statistics
- British Columbia Treaty Commission Web Site
"The British Columbia Treaty Commission is responsible for facilitating
treaty negotiations in the province, not including the Nisga’a treaty
negotiations. As the independent and impartial keeper of the process,
the Commission is responsible for accepting First Nations into the treaty
making process. It assesses when the parties are ready to start negotiations,
and allocates funding, primarily in the form of loans, to First Nations."
- The Arctic Council "The Arctic Council is a high-level
intergovernmental forum that provides a mechanism to address
the common concerns and challenges faced by the Arctic governments
and the people of the Arctic. The main activities of the Council
focus on the protection of the Arctic environment and sustainable
development as a means of improving the economic, social and
cultural well-being of the north."
- The Maori Law Review: "A reporter of law affecting Maori, the
indigenous people of New Zealand/Aotearoa. The Review covers decisions
of the Maori Land Court and general courts, reports of the Waitangi
Tribunal and publications of government and law schools."
- Tribal Court Clearinghouse "The first web site devoted to providing
information to people working in Native American tribal courts. The Tribal
Court Clearinghouse is designed as a resource for tribal justice systems
and others involved in the enhancement of justice in Indian country."
- Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project
"This Project is a cooperative effort among the University of
Oklahoma Law Center, the National Indian Law Library (NILL),and
Native American tribes providing access to the Constitutions,
Tribal Codes, and other legal documents. Project Coordinators
are David Selden (NILL) and Marilyn Nicely (OU)."
- University of Oklahoma Law Center, Norman Oklahoma
- Native American Legal Resources
- US Historical Documents "A Chronology of US Historical Documents"
- The Iroquois Constitution (Pre-Colonial)
- The First Thanksgiving Proclamation (1676)
- The Virginia Declaration of Rights (June 12, 1776)
- The Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)
- The Constitution of the United States. (1787)
- The National Indian Justice Center, Inc. "NIJC is an Indian
owned and operated non-profit corporation with principal offices
in Santa Rosa, California. NIJC was established in 1983 through
the collective efforts of the National American Indian Court
Judges Association, the American Indian Lawyer Training Program,
and the Bureau of Indian Affairs in order to establish an
independent national resource for tribal courts."
- Indian Law Resource Center "Legal advocacy for the
protection of indigenous peoples’ human rights, cultures,
and traditional lands so that Indian tribes and nations
may flourish for generations to come."
- Tribal Court Clearinghouse "Welcome to the Tribal Court Clearinghouse
The first web site devoted to providing information to people working in
Native American tribal courts. The Tribal Court Clearinghouse is designed
as a resource for tribal justice systems and others involved in
the enhancement of justice in Indian country."
- Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto "ALST is a multi-service legal
agency serving Toronto's Aboriginal community. The operations of ALST
are overseen by a community Board of Directors. ALST offers the following
programs: Court Services, Community Council, Legal Clinic."
- Indian Trust "Welcome to the Cobell v. Babbitt web site."
Blackfeet Reservation Development Fund, Inc.
"Cobell v. Babbitt is a class-action lawsuit filed on
June 10, 1996, in U.S. District Court in Washington,
D.C. to force the federal government to account for
billions of dollars belonging to approximately 500,000
American Indians and their heirs, and held in trust
since the late 19th century.
- The American Indian Law Alliance AILA is an independent,
non-profit organization that serves traditional Indigenous
peoples and nations in our struggle for sovereignty, human
rights and social justice."
- Welcome to Peter d'Errico's Law Page "Law reflects, but in no sense
determines the moral worth of a society.... The better the society, the
less law there will be. In Heaven, there will be no law, and the lion
will lie down with the lamb.... The worse the society, the more law
there will be. In Hell, there will be nothing but law, and due process
will be meticulously observed." Grant Gilmore, The Ages of American Law
(New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977), pp. 110-111.
- Court TV Online ~*~ Live on the Web ~*~ Search ~*~ Verdicts
- Teen Court: Washington v. Roberts and Guthrie "What's the appropriate sentence for two teenagers convicted of beating and robbing a man? That's the subject of this week's What's the Verdict. We'll be going to the state of Washington to look at a sentencing hearing -- the punishment phase of a criminal trial. It's an unusual one in which a judge will decide whether two Native American teenagers should be banished to a remote island or placed in a state prison."
- Court TV Verdicts: Ohio v. Bellecourt "Summary: Ohio v. Vernon Bellecourt, et al. "Cleveland Indians Protest Trial". Baseball has been "America's Favorite Pastime" among sports fans for nearly a century, and the Cleveland Indians franchise has been a part of that legacy. The Cleveland Indians' logo. But to at least three Native Americans in Ohio and many other organizations nationwide, the Cleveland Indians, its mascot, and team logo represented denigrating racial stereotypes of the true original Americans."
- Court TV News: Docket Watch "Summary: Docket Watch. By Eva Rodriguez. Legal Times. October 7, 1996 The St. Joe and Spokane rivers course out of Lake Coeur d'Alene in thin, jagged ribbons, cutting swaths through the forests of northern Idaho."
- Cornell Law School - LLI
- Cornell Law - United States Code
- Cornell Law Supreme Court Collection Search
"Recent Supreme Court case on Indians"
- Federal Regulations (25CFR Part83) Tribe Recognition
"Procedures for Federal Recognition that an
American Indian Group Exists As a Tribe."
- LLI Cornell Law School * United States Code Myron Taylor Hall, Ithaca, New York
- Title 18 Chapter 53 - Indians * Title 18 Chapter 50a Genocide
Title 25 - Indians * Code of Federal Regulations- (LII):Search results of U.S. Code, Title 20, Education
- (LII): Search results of U.S. Code, Title 18, (Title enacted
by Act, CH. 645, SEC. 1, 62 STAT. 683, June 25, 1948.)
- Harvard Law School "Established in 1817, Harvard is the oldest existing
law school in the United States. The School provides comprehensive and
enlightened training to prepare its graduates for law practice, for public
service at the local, state, federal and international levels, and for
law teaching and legal scholarship." Cambridge, Massachusetts
- What's New
- Native American Law Studies at Harvard Law School
- Harvard Law School Native American Law Students Association
- Navajo Nation Supreme Court To Hold Court Session At Harvard Law School;
"The Navajo Nation v. Russell Means - Concerns Navajo Jurisdiction
Over Non-Navajo Indians" Navajo Nation v. Russell Means case background
- The Indiana University School of Law Bloomington, IN
- The Court-Martial of General George Armstrong Custer
"The Indiana University School of Law—Bloomington welcomes
the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Justice on the U.S.
Supreme Court, in presiding at the court-martial of General
George Armstrong Custer for his conduct at the Battle of the
Little Bighorn in 1876."
Custer Found Guilty In Mock Trial by Panel at IU
"Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg Presided" (OMC Online News)
- Oklahoma State University Library Indian Affairs:
"Laws and Treaties. Vol. II (Treaties) in part. Compiled and edited
by Charles J. Kappler. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904."
Cherokee * Chickasaw * Choctaw * Creek * Seminole
- Chief Wilma P. Mankiller "Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation Oklahoma"
(Henry G. Bennett Distinguished Service Award Page)
- United States Department of Justice
- Office of Tribal Justice "The Office of Tribal Justice was established
in the Department of Justice in January of 1995. The Office's primary purpose
is to increase the responsiveness of the Department to the concerns of the
American Indian Nations, individual Indians and others interested in
Indian affairs."
- U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service "Division of Law
Enforcement" Headquarters - D.C. Office
- National Eagle Repository "The National Eagle Repository
is located at Rocky Mountain Arsenal northeast of Denver,
Colorado. Its purpose is to provide a central location for
the receipt, storage, and distribution of bald and golden
eagles that are found dead, and their parts. The eagles,
and their parts, are shipped to qualified Native Americans
for use in religious Indian ceremonies."
- 50CFR Sec. 13.11 & 22.22 "Application procedures concerning
Eagle & feather Permits for Indian religious purposes."
- The Center for Information, Law and Policy: CILP: A joint
effort between the Villanova University School of Law and the
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology.
Try the The Federal Court Locator
"The Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy"
- United States Supreme Court "Accessed Through Hypertext Documents
Prepared by The Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy"
- CHOCTAW NATION V. OKLAHOMA, 397 U.S. 620 "These Cases Involve a
dispute over the title to land underlying the navigable portion of parts
of the Arkansas River in the state of Oklahoma." (Decided April 27, 1970)
- July Decisions - 9th CIRCUIT BBS These court
of appeals decisions are archived automatically.
- MASAYESVA V. HALE Filed 08 July 1997: by Vernon Masayesva,
Chairman of the Hopi Tribal Council of the Hopi Indian Tribe,
for and on No. 94-17022 behalf of the Hopi Indian Tribe.- APACHE SURVIVAL V. USA Filed 01 July 1997: by APACHE SURVIVAL
COALITION, an Arizona nonprofit corporation...- July Decisions - D.C. CIRCUIT BBS These court
of appeals decisions are archived automatically.
- CHEROKEE NATION OK v. BABBITT BRUCE Filed 15 July 1997:
NA: Concerning Recognition of the Delaware Tribe of Indians.
- NAGPRA Inventories: Qualifying Site Inventories
- The Center For Advanced Spatial Technologies:
A part of the University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
- National Archeological Database: Inventories of over 120,000
archeological investigations, guidance on compliance with the Native
American Grave Protection And Repatriation Act, and maps displaying
archaeological and environmental data at the state/country level
are now accessible.
- NADB-NAGPRA: Documents related to the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act - Documentation By Category
- (ACHP) Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
- The National Historic Preservation Program
- Related Laws and Authorities: The National Historic Preservation
Act is the principal Federal law dealing with historic preservation,
also dealing the recognition of properties of traditional cultural
or religious significance to Native Americans.
- American Indian Law Review "The Universtiy of Oklahoma College of Law"
- Minnesota Legal Services Coalition!
- Minneapolis American Indian Center Bldg.
1433 East Franklin Ave., Suite 18A
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone: 612-879-9165 ~ FAX: 612-879-0323
- National Indian Child Welfare Association
"Protecting our children... Preserving our culture"
- Decisions of The U.S. Supreme Court
Recent Decisions - Selected Historic Decisions
(From the "Legal Information Institute - Cornell Law School")
- USSC+: United States Supreme Court Data Base
- USSC+ Online "Our FREE web-based Supreme Court research
service which allows you to search the USSC+ database of over
5,000 opinions. Now requires frames support."
- The Council of State Governments
"Promoting Excellence in State Government"
- Regional Offices
- Federalism West: Supreme Court Rules on Indian Gaming:
Limits Congressional Authority Over States
- Indian Law Resource Center "Legal advocacy for the protection
of indigenous peoples’ human rights, cultures, and traditional
lands so that Indian tribes and nations may flourish for generations
to come” The Indian Law Resource Center is devoted to helping Indian
nations, tribes and other indigenous peoples prevent destruction of
their cultures and homelands, and thereby achieve equal status as
members of the human family."
- Allen C. Turner, PhD, JD Legal and Cultural Research
"Attorney at Law, Applied Legal Anthropologist RESEARCH
AND ADVOCACY "If your field is law, the roads are plain
to anthropology, the science of man." -Oliver Wendell
Holmes Allen C. Turner, Ph.D., J.D Redlands, CA 92375"
- BloorStreet
- Aboriginal Law and Legislation Online
Canada, United States, New Zealand, Australia
- Pine Tree Legal Assistance "A non-profit corporation
providing legal assistance to people in the State of Maine
whose income is one hundred twenty-five percent of the
federal income poverty guidelines or less."
Map to Bangor, Maine Office
- Educational Material
- Farmworker and Native American Units
- Quinnehtukqut Legal News "A newsletter
for Native Americans in Connecticut."- Wabanaki Legal News 'A Newsletter of Pine Tree Legal
Assistance' "Important legal information for our Micmac,
Maliseet, Penobscot and Passamaquoddy clients."
- LAWlink - ABA Legal Research American Bar Association
- Chadwick "Corntassle" Smith 'Cherokee Attorney and Legal Historian'
"Chad Smith is available for legal representation and lectures on
Cherokee history and current issues." 'Enrolled member of the Cherokee
Nation, Oklahoma'. Office located in Tulsa, Oklahoma
[Chad Smith is now serving a Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, OK.]
- Donald Ray Burger ~ Attorney at Law
4300 Scotland, Houston, Texas 77007,
713-880-2000 'Enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation, OK'
"Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law
by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization."
- The Law Office of Brenda J. Bellonger, Esq. Lakewood, CO 80215
"Enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, Lake Traverse
Reservation, South Dakota."
- The Native American Rights Fund "Standing Firm for Justice"
NARF provides the necessary legal representation to Native
American tribes and villages, organizations and individuals
to help untangle the maze of laws impacting their lives.
- Welcome to Jurisline.com "Your source for
comprehensive & free legal research materials."
- Public Laws National Archives and Records Administration
(Search and index for 104th - 106th Congresses - TEXT or PDF.)
- Inquery-Laws: at the University of MA - Try selecting U.S.
Native American Policies entering the search word, bills!
- FindLaw: Internet Legal Resourses
- American Indian Law Primary Materials: Laws, Codes, Regulations and Cases
- LawCrawler: Legal WWW Search
- LegalNews ~*~ Case Code ~*~ Law Journals and Reviews
- FindMail "An easy-to-use archive of many public-interest mailing lists."
- LegalMinds "LegalMinds is an archive of mailing lists provided by
FindLaw as a free service to the legal community."- FindLaw: Lawyers and Law Firms
- Firms Online: by Practice Area ~*~ by State
- By Practice Area: Native American
Carter-White Law Office, Welling, OK
Center for Indian Law, Winslow, AZ
Charlotte A. Coats-Siercks, Attorney at Law, Huntsville, TX
Law Office of Brenda Means, Bothell, WA
Saunooke Legal and Consulting, Cherokee, NC
"The firm currently represents many Tribes on various issues and is the
only law firm within the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians reservation."
- Webcrawler: Government and Politics
- Legal Information Institute This web site holds the Internet publications
of the Legal Information Institute, a part of the Cornell Law School
- 10 Big Myths about copyright explained by Brad Templeton "An attempt to answer common myths about copyright seen on the net and cover issues related to copyright and USENET/Internet publication." - by Brad Templeton (Note that this is an essay about copyright myths. It assumes you know at least what copyright is -- basically the legal exclusive right of the author of a creative work to control the copying of that work. If you didn't know that...,)
- Web Law FAQ "Here are some frequently asked questions relating to the World Wide Web. Provided by the firm of Oppedahl & Larson as a service to the public."
- Interesting Copyright Links By Andrea Helene Berman "These links were given to me by Mr. Paul Jones, formerly of SunSITE. SunSITE's Negativworldwidewebland has a lot of info. on legal issues on the Internet, and..."
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