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Tribal Court Clearinghouse: A Project of the Tribal Law and Policy Institute

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Tribal Law and Policy Institute
Comprehensive website intended as a resource for American Indian and Alaskan Native Nations and people, tribal justice systems, victims and tribal service providers, and the improvement of justice. Contains links to: tribal law, federal law, state law, and other resources.
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The Tribal Engagement Program (TEP) Builds Bridges for Tribal Partners

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristi A. Naternicola
Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice, vol. 69, no. 1, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Law Enforcement and Prevention, January 2021, pp. 35-42
Highlights the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division program, which is designed to identify and overcome obstacles which might prevent tribes from accessing and participating in the division's services. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 35.
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Tribal Governments

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sharon O'Brien
National Forum, vol. 71, no. 2, Spring, 1991, pp. [18-20?]
Looks at the many and varied services provided by tribal governments and the tenacity, resourcefulness and political ability these governments have to survive.
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Tribal Nations: The Story of Federal Indian Law

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lisa Jaeger
Discusses how federal Indian law has developed in the United States from the arrival of Columbus through to the self-determination era of today, and looks at the future of the Indian tribes.
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Tribal Sovereignty in a Post - 9/11 World

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angela R. Riley
North Dakota Law Review, vol. 82, no. 3, The Pedagogy of American Indian Law, 2006, pp. 953-965
Looks at the court case Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez, tribal governments and conceptions of sovereignty, and governmental responsibility.
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Tribal Wisconsin's Indigenous Judicial Systems and the Emergence of Tribal States

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Larry Nesper
American Studies, vol. 46, no. 3-4, Indigeneity at the Crossroads of American Studies , Fall/Winter, 2005, pp. 233-249

Discusses conference, Walking on Common Ground: Pathways to Equal Justice, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. 

Joint issue with: Indigenous Studies Today Issue 1, Spring 2006.

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Two Approaches to Economic Development on American Indian Reservations: One Works, the Other Doesn’t

Alternate Title
Resources for Nation Building: Governance, Development, and the Future of American Indian Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stephen Cornell
Joseph P. Kalt
Describes the standard and nation-building approaches to development, and discusses why one works and the other does not. The authors also make suggestions as to how Indian nations can move from one approach to the other.
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Two Chapters From Wynema, A Child of the Forest

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sophia Alice Callahan
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 2/3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 1992, pp. 129-135
Provides a look at chapter XXI, "Civilization of Savage Barbarity", and chapter XXII, "Is this Right?", from the novel Wynema. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Two Countries, One People

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Cherrington
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3, Two Countries, One People, Fall, 2006
Discusses the substanial problems facing indigenous peoples living near international borders.
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The U.S. Election and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Treaty Council
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 27, no. 3, 2016, p. [?]
Discusses impact of president-elect Donald Trumps decision to withdraw from the UN Climate Change talks and Paris agreement and instead commit to more fossil fuel extraction.
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Under the Sign of Sovereignty: Certainty, Ambivalence, and Law in Native North America and Indigenous Australia

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Audra Simpson
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 25, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 107-124
Book reviews of: The Third Space of Sovereignty: The Postcolonial Politics of U.S.–Indigenous Relations by Kevin Bruyneel. American Indians and State Law: Sovereignty, Race, and Citizenship, 1790–1880 by Deborah A. Rosen. Sovereign Subjects: Indigenous Sovereignty Matters edited by Aileen Moreton-Robinson.
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The United States and Bolivia: The Taming of a Revolution, 1952-1957

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen Zunes
Latin American Perspectives, vol. 28, no. 5, Free Trade and Resistance, September 2001, pp. 33-49
Outlines the history of United States domination of Bolivia and the changes that have begun to take place to strengthen working economic and political alliances outside of direct United States influence.
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The United States, Canada, and the Indians: 1865-1876

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roger L. Nichols
Social Science Journal, vol. 26, no. 3, 1989, pp. 249-263
Examines past policies of the two governments and looks at proposed social actions directed towards tribal people in each country.
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"Unless They Are Kept Alive": Federal Indian Schools and Student Health, 1878-1918

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David H. Dejong
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2, Spring, 2007, pp. 256-282
Article examines the Indian Residential Schools in the United States during the decades surrounding the turn of the twentieth century; links the conditions in the schools to the failure of American Indian policy in the States.
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Uranium Is in My Body

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rachel L. Spieldoch
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, 1996, pp. 173-185
Describes how the Navajo fabric of life was disturbed by uranium mining in the 1940s and 1950s and how the United States Government knew the health risks, but neglected to inform Navajo workers.
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Urban Indians and the Occupation of Alcatraz Island

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adam (Nordwall) Fortunate Eagle
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 4, 1994, pp. 33-58
Discussion about the ideals of assimilation and regaining one's culture.
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USDE Violations of NALA and the Testing Boycott at Nāwahīokalani'ōpu'u School

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William H. Wilson
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 51, no. 3, The Native American Languages Act of 1990/1992 - Retrospect and Prospects, 2012, pp. 30-45
Looks at a school that for 14 years has produced 100 percent high school graduation and 80 percent college attendance but is federally required to test students in English rather than the language they are taught in.
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Use of Lead Isotope Ratios to Identify Sources of Lead Exposure in Alaska Natives

Alternate Title
Lead Shots and Human Exposure
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Manish M. Patel
Holmes Adrianne
Robert Jones
Jeff Jarrett
James Berner
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 67, no. 2-3, June 2008, pp. 261-168
Looks at lead shot used for hunting in regions of Alaska, and the route of human lead exposure in susceptible populations.
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The Vanished Native Americans: Unrecognized Tribes

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cynthia Brown
The Nation, vol. 257, no. 11, October 11, 1993, pp. 384-389
Looks at some of the groups trying to obtain legal status as Indian tribes and the barriers involved in the federal recognition process.
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Violence Against Women Act Moves Ahead in U.S.

Alternate Title
Violence Against Women Act Moves Ahead in United States
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 12, March 2013, p. 8

Comments on a bill passed by the United States Senate, and forwarded to Congress for approval, that had originally been rendered by former President Bill Clinton.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.

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Violent Crime in Indian Country and the Federal Response

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leslie A. Hagen
United States Attorney's Bulletin, vol. 69, no. 2, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Legal, Prosecution, Advocacy and Healthcare, March 2021, pp. 79-129
An investigation into the federal charges against violent crimes in tribal land, the responsibilities of U.S Attorneys' Offices and the Department of Justice to Indigenous communities, and amendments to federal law that allows non-Indigenous people to be charge in a tribal court. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 79.
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