Native American Organizations
National Native American Law Students Association
The National Native American Law Students Association was founded in 1970 to promote the study of federal Indian law and to support Native American students in law school.
Indian Land Tenure Foundation
"The Indian Land Tenure Foundation is a nonprofit organization that is community organized and community directed. The community includes Indian landowners, Indian people on and off reservations, Indian land organizations, tribal communities, tribal governments and others connected to Indian land issues. The mission of the Foundation is to ensure that "land within the original boundaries of every reservation and other areas of high significance where tribes retain aboriginal interest are in Indian ownership and management."
American Indian Ritual Object Repatriation Foundation
"We are a non-federally funded intercultural partnership committed to assisting in the return of sacred ceremonial material to the appropriate American Indian Nation, clan, or family, and to educating the public about the importance of repatriation.
The loss of ceremonial material has prevented many American Indians from passing ritual knowledge to future generations, consequently destroying traditions of prayer, medicine, and rites of passage."
National Congress of American Indians
"The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), founded in 1944, is the oldest, largest and most representative national Indian organization serving the needs of a broad membership of American Indian and Alaska Native governments. Our founding members stressed the need for unity and cooperation among tribal governments and people for the security and protection of treaty and sovereign rights."
Native American Rights Fund
"Founded in 1970, the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) is the oldest and largest nonprofit law firm dedicated to asserting and defending the rights of Indian tribes, organizations and individuals nationwide."
National Indian Law Library
"The National Indian Law Library (NILL) is the only law library specializing in legal practice materials which are essential for practitioners of Indian law. Thousands of legal pleadings and opinions from virtually every major Indian law case since the 1950 s exists within the NILL collection. These pleadings, the crux of NILL, are deeply appreciated by those familiar with traditional law library resources."
National Indian Child Welfare Association
"MISSION: NICWA is dedicated to the well-being of all American Indian children and families.
VISION: Every Indian child must have access to community-based, culturally-appropriate services which help them grow up safe, healthy and spiritually strong - free from abuse, neglect, sexual exploitation and the damaging effects of substance abuse."
American Indian Policy Center
"American Indian Policy Center (AIPC) was founded in 1992, as a non-profit serving the Midwest Indian community. It was born out of a decade's worth of discussions among the founding group of American Indian professionals. What was needed, in the view of the founders, was a forum for American Indians and the wider community to discuss the challenges of contemporary Indian life--a place for diverse and divergent voices and perspectives. Our mission is to provide government leaders, policy makers and the public with accurate information about the legal and political history of American Indian nations, and the contemporary situation for American Indians."
Native American Bar Association
"The Native American Bar Association (NABA) serves as the national association for Native American attorneys, judges, law professors and law students. Founded in 1973 as the American Indian Lawyers Association, NABA works to promote issues important to the Native American community and works to improve professional opportunities for Native American lawyers. NABA strives to be a leader on social, cultural, political and legal issues affecting American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians. NABA encourages all attorneys, judges, law professors, and law students who share an interest in our mission to join NABA as a regular member, associate member, or special member by clicking on the "Membership Form" button."
National Indian Gaming Association
The National Indian Gaming Association is an organization of over 150 sovereign Indian Nations as well as other non-voting associate members interested in the preservation of Native sovereignty and protection of Native economic rights in tribal gaming and economic development enterprises.
