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(2008) List of Federally Recognized Tribes - From the Federal Register, April 4, 2008 notice titled: "Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs; Notice." 73 FR 18553-18557; Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 66 / Friday, April 4, 2008 / Notices

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National Indian Law Library's Tribal Code & Constitution Directory -- the A-Z List - Links to tribal web sites.


Tribal Governments and Courts:

Tribal Court Directory (National Tribal Justice Resource Center). Courts can be searched by state or by name.

Tribal Directory - (National Congress of American Indians). Can search for tribes by geographical area.

Tribal Leaders Directory - Winter 2008 - (Bureau of Indian Affairs). Hosted at the library's web site as a courtesy to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, who are solely responsible for the content of the Tribal Leaders Directory.


Reservations:

American Indian Reservations and Trust Areas - (United States, Department of Commerce). Similar to book: Tiller's Guide to Indian Country: Economic Profiles of American Indian Reservations. Data compiled in 1996 and arranged geographically. Includes data on size of reservation, culture and history of tribe, infrastructure, government, tourism, economy, education, etc.

Use the Internet Archive to access this resource.

Updated economic profiles of tribes can be found in Tiller's Guide to Indian country: Economic Profiles of American Indian Reservations (edited and compiled by Veronica E. Velarde Tiller). A 2005 edition has been published. Information about the updated and expanded publication can be found at Five Star Publications and Tiller Research Incorporated. Catalog ID# 14602.

State-Recognized and Non-Recognized Tribes:

State recognized tribes - (National Conference of State Legislatures)

List of State Recognized Tribes.

U.S. Federally Non-Recognized Indian Tribes — Index by State. Tribes -- Courts, offices, reservations


Other Directories of Information:

2004-2005 Colorado Directory of American Indian Resources (Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs). Also includes brief information about Colorado Tribes)

Native American Nations - (Lisa Mitten of the American Indian Library Association).

 

Print sources:

Tiller's Guide to Indian Country: Economic Profiles of American Indian Reservations / edited and compiled by Veronica E. Velarde Tiller. (2005). Library online catalog ID# 14602.

Tribal Justice Systems: Directory Listing. Compiled and published by the National Tribal Justice Resource Center, 2002. Library online catalog ID # 13547. Also available on the Internet .

United States Tribal Courts Directory, 2nd. ed., by April Schwartz and Mary Jo B. Hunter, 2006. ISBN: 0837701635. Published by W.S. Hein. Library online catalog ID # 15840.

State-recognition article: "Federalism and the State Recognition of Native American Tribes: A Survey of State-Recognized Tribes and State Recognition Processes Across the United States," Alexa Koenig, University of San Francisco

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