Following are links to a number of resource topics that may be of help to you when searching for information concerning Native American legal and legislative issues. By using the links listed below, accessing the information resources available on these sites via the web is a much quicker and straightforward process.

Select a resource topic below :

News Resources

• Victor Rocha’s Internet News Digest
• Yahoo! Full Coverage Native American News
• Indian Country Today
• Native American Times
• NativeWeb News Digest
• News from Indian Country
• Native Americas Journal Hemispheric Journal of Indigenous Issues
• Indianz.com
• Native News Online
• News From Native California

Legal Resources

General

• GSU College of Law -- Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research
• Rominger Legal Links - Legal Research Page
• LLRX -- Finding Law-Related Internet Resources

Federal

• FirstGov
  “Your First Click to the U.S. Government”

Legislative

• THOMAS -- U.S. Congress on the Internet
• U.S. Code (searchable) - Law Revision Counsel - U.S. House of Representatives
• Native American - Fed Law
• FedLaw’s links to federal laws, regulations, and agencies of relevance to Native Americans
• Federal Legislation (Senate Committee on Indian Affairs)
• Indian Affairs: Laws & Treaties
  Compiled and Edited by Charles J. Kappler
• Search for Congressional Bills (103rd - 106th)
• Library of Congress Home Page
• A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation (1774-1863)
  A linked set of published congressional records from the Continental Congress through the 42nd Congress

Judicial

• The Federal Judicial Center Home Page
• Courts.net
  Federal Courts Directory

Executive

• Whitehouse.gov
• Federal Register
• National Indian Gaming Commission
• Codetalk
  A federal inter-agency Native American website designed specifically to deliver electronicinformation from government agencies and other organizations to Native American communities
• American Indian Records in the Archives
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  Administration for Native Americans
• Indian Health Service
• American Indian Head Start
• U.S. Department of the Interior
  Interior Board of Indian Appeals
• Solicitors' Opinions (1993-present)
• Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Division of Energy & Mineral Resources
• Federally Recognized American Indian Tribes and Alaska Natives
• Office of American Indian Trust
• Office Of Self-Governance
• Historical and Legislative Review of Federal Indian Policy
• Native American Documents Project
  Allotment data; published reports of Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Board of Indian Commissioners for 1871, two appendices to the board's report, and a map from the 1875 report. These reports touch on most aspects of Indian policy at that time; Rogue River War and Siletz Reservation collection, most from the 19th century, with explanatory material and a map.
• Native American Consultation Database
• U.S. Department of Education
  Office of Indian Education

U.S. Department of Justice

• Office of Tribal Justice
• U.S. Department of Commerce
  American Indian Reservations and Trust Areas
  A compendium of information about the economic infrastructure of these areas

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• American Indian Environmental Office
• Federal Register Environmental Documents

State

• Constitutions, Statutes, and Legislative Information By State
  MP&C’s links to the legal resources available from the Legal Information Institute
• Courts.net
  State Courts Directory
• NAGPRA Information by State

Tribal

• National Tribal Justice Resource Center
• National Aboriginal Document Database
• Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project
  Access to codes, Cohen’s Handbook, constitutions, Indian land titles, IRA constitutions and charters, Opinions of the Solicitor, Supreme Court, treaties
• National Indian Law Library Search Page
  Search Native American legal materials ranging from books and journal articles to tribal self-governance documents such as tribal codes and constitutions
• National Congress of American Indians
  Forum for consensus-based policy development among membership of over 250 tribal governments
• National American Indian Housing Council
  National 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
• Native American Bar Association
• Crow Court of Appeals

Secondary Resources

• Cohen's Handbook (1945 ed.)
• American Indian Law Review
  University of Oklahoma College of Law
• Tribal Law Journal
  University of New Mexico School of Law
• Findlaw Subject Index on American Indian Law
• Native American Rights Fund
  Non-profit organization that provides legal representation and technical assistance to Indian tribes, organizations and individuals nationwide
• Useful Web Sites for Tribal Libraries
• Constitutional Status of American Indians
  United States Comm'n on Civil Rights Memorandum Constitutional status of American Indians

Cultural Resources

• NativeCulture.com
  A comprehensive portal site for Native American resources on the Internet.
• Native Web
  Resources for indigenous cultures around the world
• California Native American Heritage Commission
  Cultural and legal resources for California Native Americans
• First Nations Histories
  Excellent histories on many Native American communities; comprehensive list of tribal contact information
• An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California
  History of American Indians in California
• Recommended American Indian Websites Diversity & Ethnic
  Studies
• Index of Native American Resources on the Internet
• DOI-BIA’s Where to Find More Information About Indians
  Citations to various organizations and written materials
• American Indian Research & Policy Institute
  Non-profit center for research, policy development and education on critical Indian issues

Gaming Resources

• National Indian Gaming Commission
• Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
• Federal and State Gambling Statutes Database – Nat’l Gambling Impact Study Comm’n
• California Nations Indian Gaming Association
  Non-profit organization comprised of 74 federally-recognized tribal governments
• National Indian Gaming Association
  Non-profit organization of 168 Indian Nations with other non-voting associate members representing organizations, tribes and businesses engaged in tribal gaming enterprises from around the country
• California Indian Gaming News
• Indian Gaming News and Updates
• California Gaming News Network