This pathfinder is a good source of information for Indigenous Law, specifically the various sources of law that could be used to protect sacred sites and environmental areas that Native Americans find important, historical, religious, sacred, ancestral, or claim ownership of. This pathfinder is a source of many hours of research.
Disclaimer: This pathfinder is not 100% comprehensive and students/lawyers/reader should do their own additional research on the topics covered in this pathfinder to verify the accuracy of the information, the sources, and any new laws or regulations that are present. Do not use this pathfinder as legal advise. Please advise a lawyer.
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Constitution Provisions: Article 1:
This interactive map allows you to see which Native American tribes, reservations, languages, and treaties are in a given region.
Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Toward a Theory of Intertribal and Intratribal Common Law, 43 Houston Law Review 701 (Summer 2006).
Gloria Valencia-Weber, Tribal Courts: Custom and Innovative Law, 24 New Mexico Law Review 225 (1994).
Michalyn Steel and Stephanie Hall Barclay, Rethinking Protections for Indigenous Sacred Sites, 134 Harv. L. Rev. 1294 (Feb 10, 2021).
Joel Brady, "Land Is Itself a Sacred, living Being": Native American Sacred Site Protection On Federal Public Lands Amidst The Shadows of Bear Lodge, Vol. 24, No. 1 American Indian Law Review (1999/2000).
Robert D. Cooter and Wolfgang Fikentscher, Indian Common Law: The Role of Custom in American Indian Tribal Courts, 46 AM. J COMP. L. 287 (1998).
