American Indian Laws & Treaties

• Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties by Charles Kappler     

  Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler, is an historically significant, seven volume compilation of U.S. treaties, laws and executive orders pertaining to Native American Indian tribes.

• Guide to Law Online: Indians     

  A compilation of Indian legal materials from the Library of Congress

• Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project     

  The University of Oklahoma Law Center Library and the National Indian Law Library work with tribes to place tribal documents online. Some materials are Government Documents in the Public Domain.

• Early Recognized Treaties with American Indian Nations     

  Texts of the nine treaties, created between the years 1722 and 1805, are offered courtesy of the University of Nebraska.

• Treaty with the Cherokee, 1866

The following links go directly to the portion of Kappler's for treaties with the Five Civilized Tribes.

• Treaty with the Choctaw and Chickasaw, 1866
• Treaty with the Creek, 1866
• Treaty with the Seminole, 1866

• Article 9 of Treaty with the Cherokee, 1866

Notes the abolition of slavery amongst the Cherokees and the rights of Freedmen living on Cherokee lands.

The following are links to the portions of Kappler's collection. These are the treaties with the Five Civilized Tribes that recognize the abolition of slavery and the rights of the Freedmen.

• Article 4 of Treaty with the Choctaw and Chickasaw, 1866
• Articles 2 & 3 of the Treaty with the Creek, 1866

Proclaims "henceforth neither slavery nor involuntary servitude... shall ever exist in said [Creek] nation".

• Articles 2 & 3 of Treaty with the Seminole, 1866

Provides much the same agreement that was reached with the Creeks.

• Cases and Materials on Federal Indian Law by David H. Getches, Charles F. Wilkinson, Robert A. Williams, Jr.

  Call Number: 342.730872 G335c 2005

• American Indian Law Deskbook by chief editor Clay Smith

  Call Number: 342.730872 A512 2004

• List of Federally Recognized Indian Entities (pdf)

  Current list of 564 tribal entities recognized and eligible for funding and services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs by virtue of their status as Indian tribes.

• Indian Claims Commission

  he Indian Claims Commission was a judicial panel for relations between the U.S. Government and Native American tribes. It was established in 1946 by the U.S. Congress to hear claims of Indian tribes against the United States.

• Office of Tribal Justice

  The Office of Tribal Justice is the primary point of contact for the Department of Justice with federally recognized Native American tribes, and advises the Department on legal and policy matters pertaining to Native Americans.

• National Indian Law Library

  The National Indian Law Library (NILL) is a public law library devoted to federal Indian and tribal law.

• American Indian Law Review

  First produced in 1973, the American Indian Law Review is published biannually by the University of Oklahoma College of Law.