Native American Law Web Sites Affiliated with Universities
The Native American Law Center at the University of Tulsa College of Law
Aho, Si Yo, and Welcome! to the website of the Native American Law Center at the University of Tulsa College of Law. Our program enjoys wide recognition as one of the country's finest educations in Indian law. TU was the first law school in the United States to offer a certificate in Native American Law, and our program has grown from there. NALC encompasses talented, nationally recognized faculty, an active student body, and a variety of courses in Indian law. In addition to the certificate program (which is obtained as part of initial law degree, the J.D.), TU continues to be at the forefront of Indian law with its new LL.M. (Masters in Law) in American Indian and Indigenous Law. We invite you to explore our site and learn more about us and our program. Please feel free to email uswith any questions or comments.
Prof. G. William Rice's Home Page
Professor Rice Instructs students at the TU College of Law in the Following areas: Constitutional Law, Native American & Indigenous Rights, Jurisprudence, and Tribal Government.He is also the Director of the LL.M. in American Indian & Indigenous Law. This site includes an excellent listing of Supreme Court cases that deal with Indian Law.
Native American Special Collections at McFarlin Library, University of Tulsa
The Department of Special Collections at the University of Tulsa contains a wide variety of research materials.While the department’s holdings are developed inrelation to instructional and research interests at the University, they are available for use by visiting scholars and the general public as well as TU faculty, staff and students.
Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law
The Center focuses on education, research, community outreach, and the preservation of invaluable historical, legal, and traditional and customary materials. It also offers new courses and encourages and supports Native Hawaiian law students as they pursue legal careers and leadership roles.
Institute for Tribal Government, Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University
The Institute for Tribal Government serves elected tribal governments from across the nation and also provides training to local, state and federal government agencies and others who are interested in learning more about tribal governments, legal foundations, and tribal governmental authorities and duties.
The Avalon Project @ Yale Law School, Relations Between the United States and Native Americans
Represents an important collection of treaties and other historical documents that pertain to the U.S. government’s relationship with Native American Nations.
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). Includes full-text of the tribal codes of the following Nations
- Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
- Colville Confederated Tribe’s Code
- Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon’s Resolution
- Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewas' Code
- Laws of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Codified (CSKT Laws Codified)(1999)
- San Ildefonso Pueblo Code
- White Mountain Apache Code
- With links to the following codes:
- Fort Peck Comprehensive Code of Justice
- Nez Perce Tribal Code
University of Oklahoma Law Center – Native American Legal Resources
This page is maintained by: Marilyn K. Nicely - nicely@hamilton.law.ou.edu, American Indian Law Subject Specialist at the University of Oklahoma.
OSU Library Digitization Center
Providing access to hard-to-find materials, preserving Oklahoma's intellectual and cultural heritage, and bringing Oklahoma's scholarship to the world. Our collections include the full-text of Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, Compiled and Edited by Charles J. Kappler, vols. 1 – 7, as well as volumes 30 - 43 of the Indian Claims Commission Decisions.
American Indian Law Review
American Indian Law Review Index Page includes links to an Articles, Commentaries and Notes Index; an Author and Book Review Index; a Legislation, Statutes and Treaties Index; a Subject Index; a Table of Cases; and finally, a Tribal Index.
Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development
Has an extensive list of Working Papers, Occasional Publications, and Field Project Reports that deal with many aspects of Native American Economic Development. As well as links to Activities & Services, News & Events, and People & Contacts.
Northern Plains Indian Law Center
The Northern Plains Indian Law Center at the University of North Dakota School of Law is a clearinghouse for American Indian legal materials and provides a forum for discussing and resolving legal issues confronting Indian tribes, the states, and the federal government. Also includes a link to the Tribal Gaming Law and Policy Institute and the Tribal Environmental Law Project.
Tribal Law Journal (University of New Mexico)
The TLJ is a completely on-line law journal that currently publishes two issues per academic year at the University of New Mexico School of Law. "The TLJ hopes that the featured articles will fuel interesting thoughts and conversations about the internal law of indigenous nations."
Tribal Law and Government Center at the University of Kansas School of Law
The Tribal Law and Government Center at the University of Kansas School of Law was founded: to prepare a new generation of advocates, particularly American Indians and other Indigenous peoples, for careers representing Indian nations and peoples, and to provide a forum for discussion, research and scholarship regarding tribal legal and governance issues.
University of Montana School of Law
Indian Law and Tribal Law & Government
Indian and Tribal Law are two different areas of law. Indian Law deals with the relationship between Native American tribes and the federal (and sometimes state) government. Tribal Law is the constitutions, codes, and cases of individual tribes, which are sovereign nations.
University of Washington - American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Digital Collection
"This site provides an extensive digital collection of original photographs and documents about the Northwest Coast and Plateau Indian cultures, complemented by essays written by anthropologists, historians, and teachers about both particular tribes and cross-cultural topics."
Syracuse University College of Law - Center for Indigenous Law, Governance & Citizenship (NEW!)
The Center for Indigenous Law, Governance Citizenship is a research based law and policy institute focused on Indigenous nations, their development and their interaction with the U.S. and Canadian governments.
Northern Arizona University - Institute for Native Americans
"The mission of the Institute is to enhance the visibility and standing of on-going programs, both academic and service oriented that relate to Native American tribes, their culture, issues and future prospects. Secondly, it serves as a catalyst and coordinating body for new initiatives that relate to Native American tribes."
