The Cherokee Constitution of 1827 is printed in two tight columns: English on the left and Cherokee on the right, the intricate letters in neat, even lines. It is the product of the first Cherokee ...

Beth Redbird took to sociology wanting to make societies better. While working in the areas of affordable housing development and anti-poverty programs, Redbird learned the power of data. Now Redbird, ...

For centuries, members of the Mattaponi Indian Tribe have lived without a written constitution. Now the tribe has two. Residents of the Mattaponi reservation in King William County adopted a written ...

With 573 federally recognized tribes, each with its own laws and judicial system, conducting research into tribal law, which is the law of individual tribal nations, can be daunting. Indian law ...

UCLA established its Tribal Legal Development Clinic more than 25 years ago as a class to help law school students learn the legal needs of Native Americans and encourage more students to become ...

Voter arrive at a polling place at the Gov. James B. Longley Campus, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Lewiston, Maine. The American flag still flies at half mast in honor of the 18 people who were killed in ...

This toolkit provides sample legal language for adapting tribal resolutions and codes to recognize the rights of all tribal citizens. As sovereign nations, tribal governments maintain the power to ...

No one is more likely to hear from long lost relatives than the man who just won the lottery. The same is true of an Indian tribe that has or is about to earn the right to open a casino. It's a ...

ADDRESS SERIOUS ISSUES ON TRIBAL LANDS. THE TWO DAY SUMMIT WAS HELD RIGHT HERE AT THESE SANTA ANA STAR CASINO HOTEL, AND THE EVENT WAS THE BIGGEST ONE THE COALITION HAS EVER SEEN, WITH OVER 30 LEADERS ...