LibGuides: AIS 280 American Indian Soveriegnty and the Courts: AIS 280 American Indian Soveriegnty and the Courts

Labriola National American Indian Data Center Info

Labriola Center Hours Monday-Friday 9-5

Contact the Center at 480-965-6490 or archives@asu.edu

Or call Joyce Martin at 480-965-0298 or joyce.martin@asu.edu

Federal, Arizona and local government documents

Brad Vogus 602-543-5525

Fletcher Library on the West campus

Law Library David Gay 480-965-4860

General Reference Staff 480-965-6144

American Indian History Online
Online encyclopedia which contains full text court cases, definitions and examples.

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A unique resource that offers fast access to more than 5,000 years of culture, history, and leaders. More than 240 Native American groups are presented through subject entries, biographies, primary source documents, historical maps, and photographs.
Google Scholar
Scholarly articles, legal opinions and journals
Hein Online The Modern Link to Legal History
Includes collection of legal periodicals.
JSTOR
This database provides image and full-text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences.
Project MUSE
Provides worldwide, networked, subscription access to the full text of nearly 250 quality journal titles from 40 scholarly publishers in the the fields of literature and criticism,history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.

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Proquest Congressional
(1789+) U.S. legislative information: hearings; committee reports; bills, bill tracking; Congressional Indexes; Congressional Record; Federal Register; Code of Federal Regulations; U.S. Code; Public laws; National Journal, Congress Daily, & member info.

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Full text of federal laws or bills, congressional hearing and reports.

Indian Affiars Laws and Treaties
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.
Find Law Cases and Codes
FindLaw's Cases and Codes section contains resources and links for both state and federal laws. This includes resources pertaining to constitutions, statutes, cases and more. Run a search for case summaries or select a jurisdiction to browse applicable laws.
World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII)
Has databases from 20 countries in six continents (at present mainly those with a common law tradition): from Australasia (120), Canada (61); Britain and Ireland (27), the Pacific Islands (25), Hong Kong (13) and other countries in Asia and Africa (6). All types of legal databases are included: case law (165), legislation (45), treaties (3), law reform (4), law journals (11), and specialist subject databases. In combination, the LII's accessible through WorldLII include 240 databases.
National Congress of American Indians
Resolutions and legal briefings from NCAI
National Indian Law Library
News bulletins or research by topic

By the end of this class, you will be able to

get help from library staff if you need it
find full text court opinions, statutes, Congressional hearings online
find the books and scholarly journal articles you need to successfully complete your AIS 280 assignments