Native American Legal Sources - Northwest United States
Post Authored by Lewis Zimmerman
Native American Law is a unique area of research that combines government to government relations with distinct legal systems across the numerous Native American nations.
The SOLL has several volumes dedicated to Tribal and Native American Law. Including these two volumes collecting laws and treaties relating to Native American Tribes.
Kappler's "Indian Affairs" collects a number of federal laws and treaties dealing with Native Americans and is a excellent source for identifying old laws and treaties.
"Indian Treaties" is a handsome volume that collects a number of United States treaties with Native Nations.
Information on Tribal and Native American legal sources in the United States can be difficult to find. Collected bellow are some useful primary and secondary sources of Native American Law.
Federal
State
Oregon
https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/cis -
Oregon’s Legislative Commission Indian Services – Oregon state resources related to Oregon’s tribes. This includes links to the government to government reports required by Oregon statutes from Oregon state agencies.
Washington
http://www.goia.wa.gov/ -
State of Washington’s Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs – Information on tribes located in Washington state and links to state agencies dealing with tribal issues
Tribal
https://nnidatabase.org/db/ -
University of Arizona Indigenous Governance Database. Papers, films and courses aimed at assisting and documenting native peoples efforts in developing and implementing governance systems.
http://www.narf.org/nill/index.html -
The National Indian Law Library – A library in Bolder Colorado dedicated to Indian and tribal law. They publish news and regulatory bulletins and maintain an exhaustive list of tribal websites and legal resources online
http://www.indianlawreporter.org/ -
Indian Law Reporter – Published since 1974 this reporter contains US, State and Tribal case law and administrative law opinions relating to American Indian Law. The publisher does not maintain the reporter online but the NARF maintains a independent index (
http://www.narf.org/nill/ilr/)