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Tribal Law

Native American Courts

• WI Tribal Courts
  • Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians
  • Forest County Potawatomi
  • Ho-Chunk Nation
  • La Courte Oreilles
  • Lac du Flambeau
  • Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
  • Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
  • Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
  • St. Croix Tribal Court
  • Sokaogon Chippewa Community
  • Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians
  • Wisconsin Tribal Court Forms

• Other Courts
  • Wisconsin Judicare
    Federal laws, treaties, U.S. Supreme Court decisions, and other resources.
  • Tribal Court Decisions (Tribal Court Clearinghouse)

Tribes

• Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council
• Tribes of Wisconsin (WI Dept. of Administration)
  Profiles of tribes including history, demographics, officials, and government.
• Other Tribes
  • Directories
    • Tribal Directory (National Congress of American Indians)
    • Tribal Leaders and BIA Representatives Directory (U.S. Dept. of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs)

Codes, Constitutions, Opinions & Treaties

• Early Recognized Treaties with American Indian Nations (University of Nebraska Libraries)
• Legislation on Native American Issues (National Conference of State Legislatures)
• Native American Constitution & Law Digitization Project
  Cohen’s Handbook of Federal Indian Law.  Kappler’s Indian Affairs: Law & Treaties.
  • Codes
  • Constitutions
  • Treaties
• Native American Legal Materials Collection (WI State Law Library)
• Seminal Supreme Court Cases Regarding Federal Indian Law, 1800-
• Treaties Between the United States and Native Americans (Yale Law School)
• Tribal Codes & Constitutions (Tribal Law & Policy Institute)
• Tribal Court Clearinghouse
  Tribal and federal law.   Information on various legal topics.

• Wisconsin Judicare
  Federal laws, treaties, U.S. Supreme Court decisions, and other resources.
• U.S. Code: 18 USC "Laws Governing"
• U.S. Code: 25 USC "Indians"
• CFR: 25 CFR "Indians"
  

Agencies & Organizations

• Wisconsin
  • WI Tribal Judges Association
• Code Talk
  Inter-agency website aimed at Native Americans.
• Indian Related Government Websites (WI Judicare, Inc. Indian Law Office)
• U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
• U.S. Dept. of Justice Office of Tribal Justice

Research Resources

• American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Digital Collection
• Frequently Asked Questions About Wisconsin Tribal Courts
• Great Lakes Indian Law Center (UW-Madison)
• Indian Land Cessions, 1784-1894
• Indian Law Resource Center
• National Congress of American Indians
  Policy issues on governance, tribal-state relations, law-enforcement, taxation, gaming compacts, the environment, etc.
• National Indian Law Library
  Assists the public with their Indian law-related information needs.  
• Native American Law Reviews
• Wisconsin Tribal Court Forms

Last Updated: February 2, 2012 | Up to Top