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Tribal and Indian Law
- American Indian
Heritage Foundation (AIHF)
- The
American Indian Heritage Foundation was established to provide
relief services to Indian people nationwide and to build bridges of
understanding and friendship between Indian and non-Indian people.
- Bristol Bay
Native Association (BBNA)
- A service agency dedicated to
the betterment of the Native People of the Bristol Bay region.
- Bureau
of Indian Affairs (U.S.
Department of the Interior)
- The Bureau of Indian Affairs’
mission is to enhance the quality of life, to promote economic
opportunity, and to carry out the responsibility to protect and
improve the trust assets of American Indians, Indian tribes, and
Alaska Natives.
From
War to Self-Determination: A history of the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
a report from the American Studies Centre at Liverpool John Moores
University, traces the development of the Bureau of Indian Affairs from
attempts to obtain tribal neutrality during the Revolutionary War in
1775, through the assimilation policy of the late 1800's, to the modern
policy of self-determination. - Indian Nations
Council of Governments (INCG)
- A voluntary association of local
governments serving Creek, Osage, Tulsa, and Wagoner counties.
- International
Indian Treaty Council (IITC)
- An organization of indigenous peoples from North,
Central, and South America, and the Pacific, working for the
sovereignty and self-determination of indigenous peoples and the
recognition and protection of indigenous rights, traditional
cultures, and sacred lands.
- Iroquois
Constitution (Tuscarora and Six Nations WebSites)
- This Native American oral document,
reconstructed here by archeologist Arthur C. Parker from legend and
spoken history, was a model for the U.S. Constitution.
- The
Mascot Issue (Nativeculture.com)
- Links to Web sites and writings on the
issue of Indian mascots used by sports teams.
- Montana
Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council
- Promotes the common welfare of all the Indian
Reservation peoples of Montana and Wyoming by preserving and
maintaining their homelands, defending their rights under Indian
treaties with the United States, enabling them to speak in a unified
voice, offering support to their people, and by providing them a
forum in which to consult each other and enlighten each other about
their peoples.
- National Congress of
American Indians (NCAI)
- The National Congress of American Indians was
founded in 1944 and is the oldest and largest tribal government
organization in the United States. NCAI serves as a forum for
consensus-based policy development among its membership of over 250
tribal governments from every region of the country.
NCAI's mission is to inform the public and the
federal government on tribal self-government, treaty rights, and a
broad range of federal policy issues affecting tribal governments. - National
Tribal Justice Resource Center (NTJRC)
- Designed to assist and inform both court personnel and the
public, this clearinghouse of information for Native American and Alaska Native tribal justice
systems includes court opinions, supreme court opinions and case
information, over 100 tribal codes and constitutions, downloadable
full-text publications, a searchable database of over 1500 court
opinions, a tribal court message forum, grant information, listservs,
mailing lists, and many other resources.
- National Indian Gaming
Commission (NIGC)
- The primary mission of the NIGC is to regulate
gaming activities on Indian lands for the purposes of shielding
Indian tribes from organized crime and other corrupting influences;
ensuring that Indian tribes are the primary beneficiaries of gaming
revenues; and assuring that gaming is conducted fairly and honestly
by both operators and players.
- Native
American Constitution and Law Digitization Project
(University of Oklahoma)
- 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, land titles, and other legal documents.
- Native
American Nations (Nativeculture.com)
- Links to pages that have either been
set up by the nations themselves, or are pages devoted to a
particular nation. Arranged alphabetically by name of the tribe.
- Native
American Rights Fund (NARF)
- Non-profit
organization that provides legal representation and technical
assistance to Indian tribes, organizations and individuals nationwide.
- NativeWeb:
Resources for Indigenous Cultures Around the World (James
McCanna)
- NativeWeb is an international, nonprofit,
educational organization dedicated to using telecommunications
including computer technology and the Internet to disseminate
information from and about indigenous nations, peoples, and
organizations around the world; to foster communication between
native and non-native peoples; to conduct research involving
indigenous peoples' usage of technology and the Internet; and to
provide resources, mentoring, and services to facilitate indigenous
peoples’ use of this technology.
- Office
of Tribal Justice (U.S.
Department of Justice)
- Intended to increase the
responsiveness of the Justice Department to Indian tribes and
American Indian citizens, the Office of Tribal Justice serves as a
permanent point of contact between the Department and federally
recognized Indian tribes. The Office of Tribal Justice represents
the Department in its dealing with Indian tribes, federal agencies,
Congress, state and local governments, professional associations,
and public interest groups.
- Tribal
Governments (FirstGov)
- Links to official tribal government Web sites and
related information.
- Tribal
Preservation Program (National Park Service)
- Works with Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Groups, and
Native Hawaiians to preserve and protect resources and traditions
that are of importance to Native Americans. Its main purpose is to
help Indian tribes strengthen their own community preservation
programs through training opportunities and grant awards.
This page is maintained by
Bobby Griffith
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