Native
American Links
Legal and Political
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Legal and Political -
Aboriginal Healing
Foundation
http://www.ahf.ca/- Their mission is "to encourage and support Aboriginal
people in building and reinforcing sustainable healing processes that address
the legacy of Physical Abuse and Sexual Abuse in the Residential School system,
including intergenerational impacts."
Aboriginal Rights Coalition of
BC
http://vvv.com/~arcbc/- a coalition of aboriginal organizations, the major
churches of Canada, and local community groups
Alaska District's Native
Liaison
http://www.usace.army.mil/alaska/liaison/
- This is the place where you'll find the latest news
about Alaska District, Corps of Engineers activities that may affect the Alaska
Native populations.
Aloha
http://hawaii-nation.org/index.html
- site supporting Hawaiian sovereignty
American Indian Law
Resources
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/21indian/index.html
- links to lots of information on laws and native
Americans
American Indian Movement Arizona
Chapter
http://members.aol.com/AIMAZ/home.html
American Indian Movement Central Indiana
Support Group
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/7153/index.html
American Indian Movement
Detroit
http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/aim1.htm
American Indian Movement of Florida Web
Page
http://members.aol.com/AIMFL/index.html
The American Indian Movement Grand
Governing Council
http://www.aimovement.org/
American Indian Movement International
Confederation of Autonomous Chapters
http://server.horizons.k12.mi.us/~aim/
American Indian Movement
Massachusetts
http://www.dickshovel.com/maaim.html
American Indian Movement St. Cloud State
University
http://www.stcloudstate.edu/~callar01/AIM.html
American Indian Movement Southern
California Chapter
http://home.earthlink.net/~rosebud9/
American Indian Movement Support Group of
New Jersey
http://www.angelfire.com/nj/AIMSG/
- The American Indian Movement Support Group of New
Jersey is currently running a campaign to stop stereotyping and racism in New
Jersey State Public schools.
Anna Mae Aquash
http://members.aol.com/apictou/pictou-branscombe.html
- homage to the late Warrior Patriot, Anna Mae
Pictou-Aquash
ArtNatAm - Native American
Art
http://www.artnatam.com/regist.html
- talks about "The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990"
(P.L. 101-644)
Askwitteachik
http://www.askwitteachik.org/- Indian legislation watch
The Assembly of First
Nations
http://www.afn.ca/- description of the Assembly of First Nations,
officers, programs, etc.
Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nation
Chiefs
http://www.apcfnc.org/- working to develop policies of self-government by
self-determining peoples and First Nations Governments
Bureau of Indian Affairs
http://www.doi.gov/bia/- U.S. Government
Chiefs Of Ontario
http://www.chiefs-of-ontario.org/
- a co-ordinating body for 134 First Nation communities
located within the boundaries of the Province of Ontario
Code Talk
http://www.codetalk.fed.us/- a federal website managed by Native Americans at the
Department of Housing and Urban Development; includes a calendar of events,
information on US government benefits, information on code talkers, links,
etc.
Congress of Aboriginal
Peoples
http://www.abo-peoples.org/- The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) is a national
representative organization whose affiliates are open to over 800,000
off-reserve Indian, Inuit, and Metis people in Canada.
Declaration of Metis And Indian
Rights
http://www.abo-peoples.org/dec.html
- a copy of the 1979 Canadian declaration of Metis and
Indian Rights
Dill's American Indian Movement
Site
http://www.dickshovel.com/AIMIntro.html
- information about AIM; links to various AIM
chapters
Eagles Watch Over Him Native American
Legislation
http://www.eagleswatch.com/legislat.htm
- This page is dedicated to Native American Legislation
currently in the United States Congress.
Environmental Threats to Native
Lands
http://www.alphacdc.com/treaty/mp_thrts.html
- map showing existing or proposed threats to Native
lands in western North America
First Nations Email
Campaigns
http://www.dickshovel.com/campaign.html
- index and discussion of Native American issues that
are currently involved with e-mail campaigns
First Nations/First Peoples
Issues
http://www.dickshovel.com/firstnations.html
- links to, and discussions about issues affecting First
Nations
Fourth World Documentation Project
http://www.halcyon.com/FWDP/fwdp.html
- The Fourth World Documentation Project was organized
by the Center for World Indigenous Studies (CWIS) in 1992. Its mission is to
document and make available to tribal governments, researchers and
organizations, important documents relating to the social, political,
strategic, economic and human rights situations being faced by Fourth World
nations.
Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife
Commission
http://www.glifwc.org/- The Commission's purpose is to protect and enhance
treaty-guaranteed rights to hunt, fish, and gather on inland territories ceded
under the Chippewa treaties.
Greywolf's Western Band Cherokee
Page
http://members.aol.com/gwolf15020/gw1.htm
- Greywolf's Personal Bio and "Who are the Native
American Support Group of NYC"
Indian Child Welfare Law
Center
http://glrain.cic.net/icwalc/- Our mission is to work with the Indian community to
preserve and reunite Indian families by providing culturally appropriate legal
services to Indian children, parents, extended family members, and
tribes.
The Indian Defense League of
America
http://www.tuscaroras.com/IDLA/
- established to guarantee unrestricted passage on the
continent of North America for Indian people
Indian Treaty Rights
http://conbio.rice.edu/nae/docs/anti_indian.html
- This tract examines the evolution of modern
anti-Indian movements in North America, and the varied ways that Indian and
Indian support movements have responded to them.
The Indigenous Environmental
Network
http://www.alphacdc.com/ien/- an alliance of grassroots indigenous peoples whose
mission is to protect the sacredness of Mother Earth from contamination and
exploitation
Indigenous Peoples Coalition Against
Biopiracy
http://www.niec.net/ipcb/- a resource to Tribal Governments, Organizations and
individuals to share current information on the issue of biopiracy
The International Personality of Indigenous
Peoples
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/8366/indian.html
- an essay (with links) about fundamental approaches in
dealing with minority rights in law
Internet Law Library: Indian Nations and
Tribes
http://law.house.gov/31.htm- lots and lots of information
KOLA International Campaign
Office
http://users.skynet.be/kola/index.htm
- KOLA is a grassroots human rights organization which
was founded in September 1987 on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, South
Dakota, by Lloyd Bald Eagle, Mniconjou Lakota. Its main objectives are to
spread correct information on every issue concerning American Indian &
Canadian First Nation people(s).
Larry Kibby's Home Page
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/7027/
- historical, political, and legal
information
Legislative Impact
http://www.legislativeimpact.com/
- This site serves as a consolidated legislative
research resource for Indian Country, giving you information you need to become
active in the advocacy of Native American / Federal Legislative
issues.
The Leonard Peltier Charitable Foundation,
Inc.
http://members.aol.com/lpcfound/homepage.html
- a nonprofit organization for the benefit of needy
American Indian children
The Leonard Peltier Defense
Committee
http://members.xoom.com/freepeltier/index.html
- information and updates on Leonard Peltier and on what
the LPDC is doing
The Midwest Treaty
Network
http://www.alphacdc.com/treaty/mtnet.html
- The Midwest Treaty Network is an alliance of Indian
and non-Indian community groups that support the sovereign rights of Native
American nations.
National Archeological Database:
NAGPRA
http://www.cast.uark.edu/other/nps/nagpra/
- documents related to the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
National Congress of American
Indians
http://www.ncai.org/- a representative congress of consensus on national
priority issues for the American Indian and Alaska Native national
population
National Indian Child Welfare
Association
http://www.nicwa.org/index.html
- focused specifically on issues of child abuse and
neglect and tribal capacity to prevent and respond effectively to these
problems
National Indian Policy
Center
http://www.gwu.edu/~nipc/- A lot of information here. You can access archives,
bibliography, census information, task forces, and other stuff.
Native American Constitution and Law
Digitization Project
http://thorpe.ou.edu/- This Project is a cooperative effort among the
University of Oklahoma Law Center, the National Indian Law Library (NILL), and
Native American tribes providing access to the Constitutions, Tribal Codes, and
other legal documents.
Native American Political
Issues
http://brooks.simplenet.com/menu.hts
- links to a lot of political issues
Native American Rights
Fund
http://www.narf.org/- provides legal representation to Native American
tribes and villages, organizations and individuals
Native American Support Group of New York
City
http://members.aol.com/gwolf15020/index.htm
- founded in 1988 to present current American Indian
issues from the United States, Alaska and Hawaii
Native Americans and the
Environment
http://conbio.rice.edu/nae/- dedicated to promoting education and research on
environmental issues facing Native American and First Nations
communities
Native
Americas
http://nativeamericas.aip.cornell.edu/
- Native Americas is the award-winning
publication of Akwe:kon Press of the American Indian Program at Cornell
University. It features articles that cover the most important and critical
issues of concern to native (indigenous/aboriginal) peoples throughout the
Western Hemisphere.
Native Law Centre of
Canada
http://www.usask.ca/nativelaw/ - aboriginal scholars working for new definitions of
law, justice and humanity
Native Nations Treaties on the
Web
http://www.eagleswatch.com/treaties.htm
- copies of treaties made with Native
nations
Native Sense
http://www.nativesense.com/- Indian law, facts, and resources
Netwarriors
http://www.hookele.com/netwarriors/index-netwarriors.html
- contains the latest draft of the UN Declaration of the
Rights of Indigenous People, latest talks on the draft in Geneva, and a place
for you to say what you think
New England School of Law
Library
http://www.nesl.edu/research/native.htm
- research links on the World Wide Web: Native American
& aboriginal law
Nunavut
http://www.ccu-cuc.ca/en/library/nunavut.html
- contains information about the history of Nunavut, its
organizations, its elections, etc.
Nunavut Land Claims
Agreement
http://www.inac.gc.ca/pubs/nunavut/index.html
- contains maps, information on political and social
issues, etc.
Online Resources
http://www.pvhs.chico.k12.ca.us/~bsilva/ushist/am_mem/casino_resource.htm
- links to various places that have information about
U.S. and Canadian laws and treaties affecting American Indians, and links to
information about Indian gaming; part of a high school history
unit
Pastors for Peace
http://www.ifconews.org/p4p.html
- contains links to events in Chiapas and
Nicaragua
Residential Schools: An Essential Component
of Genocide
http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/resschool/main.html
- a site following the Criminal Prosecution of
Residential School Abuse of Native Americans in Canada
The South and Meso American Indian Rights
Center (SAIIC)
http://nativeweb.org/saiic/- exists to ensure that the struggles of Latin America's
Indigenous peoples for self- determination and respect are heard in the US and
internationally
Treaty of Indigenous Peoples International
(TIPI)
http://www.bcafc.org/tipi/- Indian Nations, Tribes, First Nations, Indigenous
Nations and Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific Basin
Tuscarora and Six Nations Web
Site
http://tuscaroras.com/index.shtml
- contains information on Tuscarora, the Six Nations,
plus much more
U.N. Convention on the Prevention and
Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/x1cppcg.htm
- Not specifically about Native Americans, but it does
let you see how the American Indian plight does fit the definition of
genocide.
U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law
Library
http://law.house.gov/31.htm- laws and treaties dealing with Indian nations and
tribes
U.S. Senate Committee on Indian
Affairs
http://www.senate.gov/~scia/- committee members, legislation, upcoming hearings,
etc.
The University of Oklahoma Law Center
American Indian Legal Resources
http://www.law.ou.edu/indian/ailegal.html
- links to American Indian legal resources in the
USA
The Waseskun Network
http://www.waseskun.net/- a healing and development network in areas of
community corrections, Native justice, prevention and intervention, and many
other issues facing Aboriginal communities today
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News and Current Events -
American Native Press
Archives
http://anpaserver.ualr.edu/- Its mission is changed to collect and archive the
products of the Native press and materials related to Native press history,
collect and document the works of Native writers, and construct bibliographic
guides to Native writing and publishing.
The Cherokee Observer
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5918/
- online independent Cherokee newspaper
First Nations/First Peoples
Issues
http://www.dickshovel.com/firstnations.html
- a really good place to learn about Native American
issues
First Nations Site Index
http://www.dickshovel.com/www.html
- index and links to sites with articles about modern
Native American concerns
National Congress of American
Indians
http://www.ncai.org/- NCAI's outreach efforts to both native people and the
general public
Native American Religious Freedom in
Prison
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/9118/rf.html
- links to information on Native American prisoners
(both political and non-political) and the religious freedom issues surrounding
American Indians in prison
Native Americas Online
http://nativeamericas.aip.cornell.edu/Default2.html
- information on emerging trends that impact Native
peoples
North American Indian Periodicals
List
http://www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net/lists/periodic.htm
- includes people, magazines, papers, newsletters,
etc.
North American Indian
Publications
http://www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net/papers.html
- links to online publications by and concerning Indian
people
Ojibwe'Anishinaabe
Biidaajimo
http://www.users.uswest.net/~rddez/index.html
- an Ojibwe'Anishinaabe online newsletter
Planet Peace
http://www.planet-peace.org/- Planet Peace is run by Indigenous Community organizers
and activists. It has an extensive list of articles and links regarding such
things as defense of homelands, sacred site protection, cultural preservation,
environmental justice, etc.
Sacred Sites and Human
Rights
http://web.hamline.edu/law/lawrelign/sacred/
- collect, present and interpret data on cultural
conflict over sacred sites around the world
Support Indigenous Sovereignty
Now
http://kafka.uvic.ca/~vipirg/SISIS/SISmain.html
- contains a lot of information about the history of
colonialism and indigenous resistances, as well as information on current
indigenous activities
TiiPii
Times
http://www.first-nations-place.com/tiipiitimes.htm
- a First Nations Place online publication with stories,
news, editorials, etc. about Indian issues
Tuscarora Native People's
News
http://tuscaroras.com/nativenews/index.html
- current and past issues
Wotanging Ikche
http://www.nanews.org/index2.shtml
- an on-line Lakota newspaper
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Special News Section: Indians in
Mexico -
Chiapas Links
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/7521/chiapas.html
- links to the situation in Chiapas, many of them in
Spanish
Chiapas95
http://www.eco.utexas.edu/Homepages/faculty/Cleaver/chiapas95.html
- a "list" that distributes news and debate about
Chiapas culled from other sources on the Internet
Hach Winik Home page
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/3134/
- a Web site for the Lacandon Maya
communities
NativeWeb: Chiapas
http://nativeweb.org/saiic/actions/urgent19.html
- background and reccommended action
NativeWeb: Oaxaca
http://nativeweb.org/saiic/actions/urgent20.html
- background and recommended action
Neuro Net/Pc93-
http://members.tripod.com/~pc93/
- links to many articles on Chiapas and other issues
involving Mexico and the First Nations there
The Slippery Slope
http://www.nonviolence.org/slipperyslope/
- discussions on The U.S. Military Moves into
Mexico, by S. Brian Willson
Washington, DC
http://www.sinkers.org/ezln_demo/
- demonstration at the Washington embassy with pictures;
and links to other sites
The Zapatista National Liberation
Army
http://mprofaca.cro.net/chiapas.html
- hundreds of links to sources and resources related to
EZLN rebellion, chronology, background, and latest news about massacres in
Chiapas, Mexico
Zapatistas
gopher://lanic.utexas.edu/11/la/Mexico/Zapatistas/
- about the Zapatistas
Copyright © 1997,
Sondra Ball, all rights reserved.
Last revised: 8 April 2002
