Research Guides: Indigenous and First Peoples Studies: Laws & Treaties

Online Resources

Nation to Nation: Treaties between the United States and American Indian Nations, 1790-1868

National Museum of the American Indian online exhibit featuring facsimile copies of selected treaties, including the Medicine Creek Treaty of 1854 between the U.S. and nine tribes in the south Puget Sound.

Kappler's Indian Treaties - online digitization project by Oklahoma State University.

Dowie, Mark. The Haida Gwaii Lesson: a strategic playbook for indigenous sovereignty. Oakland CA: Inkshares Publishers, 2017.

"An epic story needs an epic writer. From the heart of a nation whose language is distinct from any other in the world, comes a story of intergenerational courage, battle, commitment and joy told by one of the most widely respected journalists of our time. Mark Dowie's impeccable research, devotion, and love of the word, the people, and land bring an epic tale to paper. From these words, we can all learn." ―Winona LaDuke, author of All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life

BIA--Office of Justice services
The mission of the Office of Justice Services (OJS) is to uphold Tribal sovereignty and provide for the safety of Indian communities by ensuring the protection of life and property, enforcing laws, maintaining justice and order, and by ensuring that sentenced American Indian offenders are confined in safe, secure, and humane environments. Ensuring public safety and justice is arguably the most fundamental of government services provided in Tribal communities.
Indian Law resource Center
The Indian Law Resource Center is a non-proﬁt law and advocacy organization established and directed by American Indians. We provide legal assistance to Indian and Alaska Native nations who are working to protect their lands, resources, human rights, environment and cultural heritage. Our principal goal is the preservation and well-being of Indian and other Native nations and tribes.
National Congress of American Indians
The National Congress of American Indians, founded in 1944, is the oldest, largest and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native organization serving the broad interests of tribal governments and communities.

U.S. Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network

The United States Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network (USIDSN) ensures that data for and about Indigenous Peoples in the US are utilized to advance Indigenous aspirations for collective and individual wellbeing.