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Native American Law Guide: Federal Indian Law & Tribal Law Materials: Tribal Court Decisions

Covers both tribal law sources, including tribal constitutions, tribal codes and tribal court decisions, and federal law sources, including treaties.

Fastcase

Fastcase allows you to search across tribal, state, and federal case law.  Coverage includes approximately 6 dozen tribal courts.

Other Online Case Resources

Lexis

Lexis tribal court documents may be accessed with a Lexis ID and password; you can search all available materials collectively here.  Lexis has coverage of the following sources:

  • Chehalis Confederated Tribal Court of Appeal
  • Cherokee Nation Judicial Appeals Tribunal
  • Chitimacha Tribal Court of Appeals
  • Colville Confederated Court of Appeals
  • Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians Tribal Court
  • Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community Court of Appeals
  • Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community Tribal Court
  • Coquille Indian Tribal Court
  • Coushatta Tribal Court
  • District Court of the Navajo Nation
  • Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Court of Appeals Cases
  • Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Supreme Court Cases
  • Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Trial Court Cases
  • Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Court of Appeals
  • Ho-Chunk Nation Supreme Court
  • Ho-Chunk Nation Trial Court
  • Hopi Appellate Court
  • Hualapai Court of Appeals
  • Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Tribal Court
  • Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Tribal Court of Appeals
  • Makah Tribal Court
  • Mashantucket Pequot Court of Appeals
  • Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court
  • Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Court of Appeals
  • Mohegan Gaming Disputes Court of Appeals
  • Mohegan Gaming Disputes Trial Court
  • Mohegan Trial Court
  • Mohegan Tribal Court of Appeals
  • MT Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Court Decisions from 1989
  • MT Crow Tribal Court Decisions from 2000
  • MT Fort Peck Tribal Court Decisions from 1984
  • Muscogee (Creek) Nation Supreme Court
  • Navajo Court of Appeals
  • Navajo Supreme Court
  • NC Cherokee Courts from 2000
  • Northern Plains Intertribal Court of Appeals
  • Oneida Appeals Commission Appellate Court
  • Oneida Appeals Commission Trial Court
  • Passamaquoddy Appellate Court
  • Puyallup Court of Appeals
  • Puyallup Tribal Court
  • Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Court
  • Tulalip Tribal Court of Appeals
  • Tunica-Biloxi Tribal Court
  • Turtle Mountain Court of Appeals

Westlaw

Westlaw's American Tribal Law Reporter is accessible with a Westlaw ID and password, here.  Coverage includes tribal, appeals, and supreme court opinions from the following American tribal courts:

  • Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma (begins with 1997)
  • Cheyenne River Sioux (begins with 2001)
  • Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (begins with 1997)
  • Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (1997)
  • Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (begins with 1997)
  • Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians (begins with 2006)
  • Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community (begins with 1999)
  • Coquille Indian Tribe (begins with 1999)
  • Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (begins with 2000)
  • Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation (begins with 2001)
  • Fort Peck Tribes (begins with 1997)
  • Ho-Chunk Nation (begins with 1997)
  • Hopi Tribe (begins with 1997)
  • Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada (begins with 1997)
  • Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (2002)
  • Little River Band of Ottawa Indians (begins with 1998)
  • Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (begins with 1998)
  • Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe (begins with 1998)
  • Mohegan Tribe (begins with 1997)
  • Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin (begins with 1997)
  • Navajo Nation (begins with 1997)
  • Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin (begins with 1997)
  • Sac and Fox Nation (begins with 1998)
  • Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (2007)
  • Swinomish Tribe (begins with 1990)
  • Tulalip Tribes (begins with 1997)
  • Yurok Tribe (begins with 1999)

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