To find information about drafting tribal codes (includes "model codes") :

• Go to the library's online catalog
• Copy/paste Tribal law drafting into the "Subject" field. (Advanced Search)
• Limit by Tribal codes.

To find information about drafting tribal constitutions:

• Go to the library's online catalog
• Copy/paste Tribal law drafting into the "Subject" field. (Advanced Search)

To search for materials about drafting tribal compacts or agreements:

• Go to the library's online catalog
• Copy/paste Tribal law drafting into the "Subject" field. (Advanced Search)
• Limit by Tribal compacts.

To search for materials about drafting tribal court rules:

• Go to the library's online catalog
• Copy/paste Tribal law drafting into the "Subject" field. (Advanced Search)
• Then copy/paste Court rules into the Any words field.

Print sources:

Tribal Constitutions: a Handbook for BIA [Bureau of Indian Affairs] Personnel. Catalog ID# 12469.

Scheduled for publication in Spring 2008 is Tribal Constitution Handbook: A Guide to Writing and Revising Tribal Constitutions, by NARF Attorney Mark C. Tilden.

Also scheduled for publication in 2007 is the book On the Drafting of Tribal Constitutions, by Felix S. Cohen, edited by David E. Wilkins. Volume 1 in the American Indian Law and Policy Series. ISBN: 978-0-8061-3806-0. From the University of Oklahoma Press.

Online tools:

Initiative on American Indian Constitutional Reform - (JFK School of Government, Harvard University).

Web page has been removed; see summary at http://www.hks.harvard.edu/hpaied/research.htm and use search engine to find related publications.

Model Tribal Notice Law Materials [sovereignty protection code] - (Native American Rights Fund). "Notice laws" generally require notice to governments of cases in their courts that question sovereignty or jurisdiction."

New resource:

Tribal Constitution Handbook: A Guide to Writing and Revising Tribal Constitutions, by NARF Attorney Mark C. Tilden. Expected date of publication: Spring 2008.

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