Library

Click on any one of the above categories to view the courses, overviews, guidebooks, videos and scholarly papers available on that topic.

Topics in Brief are general introductions to topics of interest which also provide you a bibliography of additional resources.

Topics in Depth treat substantive issues at greater length for a wide audience.

Guidebooks cover topics in more depth and often focus on the policy decisions which need to be made in a particular area.

Courses are classes which you take on line and at your own pace (they remain available to you for at least 30 days).

Videos are from lectures and presentations which were made on the campus of the University of Arizona or at conferences.

Articles and Papers cover a variety of topics from a legal or scholarly perspective.

Topics in Brief

Cherokee Freedmen
Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country
Federally Recognized Tribes in Louisiana
Indian Civil Rights Act
Jurisdiction in Indian Country, A Flowchart
Native Hawaiians
Sovereign Immunity
U.S. Federal Agency Consultation with Native American Tribes with the Corps of Engineers as Example

Topics In Depth

Topic in Depth: Federal Recognition

Courses

Federal Indian Law 1: Doctrine of Discovery through the Treaty Tradition
Federal Indian Law 2: The NW Indian Fisheries Treaties through Allotment
Federal Indian Law 3: The IRA through modern tribal jurisdiction
Free Sample: Federal Indian Law 1, Overview & Worcester v. Georgia
Free Sample: The History of Federal Indian Law and Policy Northwest Indian Fisheries Treaties (Vine Deloria, Jr.)
Nation Building in Practice
Native Nation Building - Complete Series
The Foundations of Nation Building

Guidebooks

Office of Hearings and Appeals

Videos

Forum on Tribal Sovereign Immunity
Native Nation Building -- Emerging Leaders 2009

Articles and Papers

Alaska Native Self-Government and Service Delivery: What Works?
History's Lesson for HUD and Tribes
Implementing the Federal Endangered Species Act in Indian Country: The Promise and Reality of Secretarial Order 3206
Legal Analysis of Membership in Native Nations and Tribes
Myths and Realities of Tribal Sovereignty: The Law and Economics of Indian Self-Rule
Seizing the Future: Why Some Native Nations Do and Others Don't
The Concept of Governance and its Implications for First Nations
Yavapai-Apache Nation Court of Appeals Decisions

Topics in Brief

African Human Rights System
Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Corporate Social Responsibility and Indigenous Peoples
Customary Law and Indigenous People in Brazil
Human Rights Regional Bodies
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Terra Nullius
The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The International Labour Organisation
The Organization of American States
The United Nations
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The United Nations Treaty Monitoring Bodies
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Indigenous People

Topics In Depth

Topic in Depth: International Advocacy

Courses

Advocating for Indigenous Peoples Rights at International or Regional Human Rights Bodies
Federal Indian Law 1: Doctrine of Discovery through the Treaty Tradition
Federal Indian Law 2: The NW Indian Fisheries Treaties through Allotment
Federal Indian Law 3: The IRA through modern tribal jurisdiction
Free Sample: Federal Indian Law 1, Overview & Worcester v. Georgia
Free Sample: The History of Federal Indian Law and Policy Northwest Indian Fisheries Treaties (Vine Deloria, Jr.)

Videos

After the Declaration: the work of UN mechanisms on indigenous peoples' rights

Articles and Papers

Collection and Use of Indigenous Human Remains: A Survey of Statutes and Case Law in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
What Makes First Nations Enterprises Successful? Lessons from the Harvard Project