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Finding Materials in the Law Library

Search the Online Catalog by Subject Heading

Indians of North America – Legal Status, laws, etc
Indians of North America – treaties
Indian Country
Indian Courts
Indigenous peoples
Land tenure

Browse the shelves at the following call numbers

Indian Law: KF8202 - KF8228
Indian History / Government Affairs: E70 - E99

 

Reference Materials

Native American Law - Online Research Guides - from the National Indian Law Library: A selection of free federal Indian and tribal law research guides found on the web: http://www.narf.org/nill/resources/rlinks.htm

Reference Books

American Indian Law Deskbook, 4th ed. (Conference of Western Attorneys General) University Press of Colorado, 2008. Boley Law Library Call Number: KF8205.A76 2008

William C. Canby, American Indian Law in a Nutshell, 5th ed. West Group, 2009. Boley Law Library Call Number: Reserve, KF8205.Z9 C36 2009

Encyclopedia of American Indian Civil Rights, 1997. Boley Law Library Call Number: Ref KF8210 .C5 .E53 1997

Encyclopedia of Native American Legal Tradition, Greenwood Press, 1998. Boley Law Library Call Number: Ref KF8204 .E53 1998

Felix S. Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law. Michie, 1982. Boley Law Library Call Number: Reserve, KF8205 .C6 1982. The 1945 version online at: http://thorpe.ou.edu/cohen.html. The 2005 edition is available on Reserve, KF8205 .C6 2005

Native Americans and the Law, A Dictionary, 2000. Boley Law Library Call Number: Ref KF8203.6 S66 2000

United States Tribal Courts Directory, 2011. Boley Law Library Call Number: Ref  KF8224 .C6 S39 20011