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Indian Law

Federal Agencies

Administration for Native Americans More information on this resource

    • The ANA works to promote the goals of social and economic self-suffiency for Native Americans.

American Indian Environmental Office More information on this resource

    • The AIEO is part of the Environmental Protection Agency. It works to promote public health and environmental protection in Indian country. The AIEO particularly focuses on helping tribes to build and administer environmental programs of their own.

Bureau of Indian Affairs More information on this resource

    • Currently, this website is unavailable. For archived versions of the BIA website, please visit The Internet Archive of the BIA website.  The BIA is part of the Department of the Interior. It offers assistance to Indian and Alaska Native peoples to manage their affairs under the trust relationship to the Federal Government.

Bureau of Indian Affairs Federal Acknowledgement Decision Compilation (ADC) More information on this resource

    • The Acknowledgment Decision Compilation (ADC) is a record of documents the BIA has on file for dozens of groups that have made it through the federal recognition process. It contains over 600 MB of documents that were scanned in by the agency's Office of Federal Acknowledgment.

Code Talk More information on this resource

    • A federal interagency website that provides Native American communities with information from government agencies and other organizations. Features a calendar of events, training information, and American Indian and Alaska Native links.

FirstGov, For Tribal Governments and Native Americans More information on this resource

    • FirstGov, For Tribal Governments and Native Americans page, links to federal websites for information on education, jobs, and economic development; family and health; housing; land and the environment; legislative and legal resources; and other resources.

Indian Arts and Crafts Board More information on this resource

    • The IACB is an agency within the Department of the Interior whose purpose is to enhance the economic development of American Indians and Alaska Natives by expanding the Indian arts and crafts market.

Indian Health Service More information on this resource

    • The IHS works to ensure the availability of comprehensive and culturally acceptable public health services to American Indian and Alaska Native people.

Indian Land Areas Judicially Established 1978 (Indian Claims Commission) More information on this resource

    • The primary source map for this is "Indian Land Areas Judicially Established" (1978). The source map portrays results of cases before the U.S. Indian Claims Commission or the U.S. Court of Claims in which an American Indian tribe proved its original tribal occupancy of a tract within the continental United States. The map is available from the USGS.

Interior Board of Indian Appeals Decisions More information on this resource

    • This site contains decisions issued by the Interior Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA) from its inception in 1970 through April 13, 2005. This is an unofficial site and is not associated in any way with the Department of the Interior. The site is offered as a public service and will remain on-line until the official website of the Interior Board of Indian Appeals returns.

Interior Board of Land Appeals, Decisions Affecting Indian and Alaska Native Interests More information on this resource

    • This website now includes decisions issued by the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA), beginning with IBLA Volume 125. These decisions are in PDF format and are exactly as furnished to me by the Department of the Interior, except that I have added brief title pages, for the purpose of improving searchability of the decisions.

Internal Revenue Service More information on this resource

    • The Internal Revenue Service has information for tribal governments.

National Archives and Records Administration More information on this resource

    • This site of the National Archives and Records Administration provides access to records of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board.

Law Library of Congress - Guide to Law Online (United States: Native Americans) More information on this resource

    • Includes a list of texts, commentary, agencies and organizations, and general links to information concerning Native Americans and the law.

National Indian Gaming Commission More information on this resource

    • This is the official website of NIGC. NIGC is a federal government agency.

National Library of Medicine (American Indian Health) More information on this resource

    • An information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of American Indians.

National Museum of American Indian (Smithsonian Institution) More information on this resource

    • The National Museum of the American Indian is the sixteenth museum of the Smithsonian Institution. It is the first national museum dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans. Established by an act of Congress in 1989, the museum works in collaboration with the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere to protect and foster their cultures by reaffirming traditions and beliefs, encouraging contemporary artistic expression, and empowering the Indian voice.

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) More information on this resource

    • NAGPRA is a federal law passed in 1990. The Act provides a process for museums and Federal agencies to return certain Native American cultural items - human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony - to lineal descendants, culturally affiliated Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations. This site contains the law and various resources that relate to NAGPRA.

Office of Historical Trust Accounting More information on this resource

    • This office within the Department of the Interior was created to deal with the legal requirements to provide historical reconciliation of individual Indian money accounts.

Office of Indian Education More information on this resource

    • The Office of Indian Education helps American Indian and Alaska Native students achieve state performance standards. To meet this goal, it supports the efforts of local educational agencies, tribes, and tribal organizations, as well as postsecondary institutions.

Office of Public and Indian Housing More information on this resource

    • The PIH Office works to guarantee safe, decent, and affordable housing. It encourages self-sufficiency and economic independence for residents, and ensures that program participants possess fiscal integrity.

United States Census Bureau - American Indian and Alaska Natives (AIAN) Data & Links More information on this resource

    • Nice collection of data from the 2000 Census with subheadings that include "Economic Data," "Populations Estimates and Projections," and "Maps," along with links to the 1990 Census, Tribal Government Programs and a List of Federally Recognized Tribes.

United States Department of Justice, Office of Tribal Justice More information on this resource

    • The Office of Tribal Justice provides a single point of contact within the Justice Department to meet the federal responsibilities owed to Indian tribes.