Laws
of the Navajo Nation
Navajo
Code
The laws of the Navajo
Nation can be found in the Navajo Code. The most recent Navajo
Code can be found in the Southwest Room. Previous codes are shelved
in the Law Collection (Shelf 3).
Call number: SW Reference
KF8228.N3 A5 1995
Navajo Reporter
Reports of legal cases
in the Navajo judicial system can be found in a series of publications.
These can be found in the Southwest Reference Collection (KF8228.N3
A44).
- Vol. 1 (1969-1978)
- Vol. 2 (1979)
- Vol. 3 (Jan. 1980-Dec.
1982)
- Vol. 4 (Jan. 1983-Dec.
1983)
- Vol. 5 (Jan. 1984-Dec.
1987)
- Vol. 6 (1988-1991)
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San
Juan County Law Library Collection
The San Juan County
Law Library Collection includes over 15,000 volumes of legal
references and resources. A
brochure listing all of the materials in this collection is
available. See the brochure for titles and shelf locations.
Some select titles:
- CFR: Code of Federal
Regulations (Shelf 12)
- Federal Criminal
Code and Rules (Shelf 18)
- Federal Reporter
(Shelves 15-17)
- Federal Rules of
Evidence (Shelf 18)
- Laws of New Mexico
(Shelf 3)
- Navajo Tribal Code
(Shelf 3)
- New Mexico Digest
(Shelf 3)
- New Mexico Law Review
(Shelf 3)
- New Mexico Reports
(Shelf 3)
- New Mexico Statutes
(Shelf 3)
- United States Supreme
Court Digest (Shelf 17)
- United States Supreme
Court Reports (Shelf 17)
- Waters and Water
Rights (Shelf 18)
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Books
Books about legal topics
can be found in the KF section of the library. The Reference Collection
includes numerous books on Indian Law. The following is a select
list of titles:
- American Indian
law deskbook (Ref KF8205 A76 1998)
- Encyclopedia
of American Indian civil rights (Ref KF8210C5 E53 1997)
- The encyclopedia
of Native American legal tradition (Ref KF8204 E53 1998)
- Robert N. Clinton,
Nell Jessup Newton, Monroe E. Price. American Indian law
: cases and materials (Ref KF8204 C55 1991)
- Vine Deloria, Jr.,
and Raymond J. DeMallie. Documents of American Indian diplomacy
: treaties, agreements, and conventions, 1775-1979 (Ref
KF8202 1999)
- David H. Getches,
Charles F. Wilkinson, and Robert A.Williams. Cases and materials
on Federal Indian law (Ref KF82045 G47)
- Charles J. Kappler.
Indian treaties, 1778-1883. (Ref KF8203.K3)
- Monroe E. Price.
Law and the American Indian; readings, notes, and cases
(Ref KF8205 P69)
- Michael R. Smith.
American Indian civil rights handbook. (Ref KF8210.C5)
- Sokolow, Gary A.
Native Americans and the law : a dictionary (Ref KF8203.6
.S66 2000)
The following book
provides an introduction to some Navajo legal issues:
Dan Vicenti. The
law of the people = Diné bibee haz'áani : bicultural
approach to legal education for Navajo students. (Southwest
Reference KF8228.N3 L3 1972)
You can also find legal
materials in the following library catalogs for other universities:
University
of Colorado Law Library
http://www.colorado.edu/Law/lawlib/
University
of Kansas Law Library
http://catalog.lib.ukans.edu/
University
of New Mexico Law Library
http://lawschool.unm.edu/library/frame/lawlib.html
University
of Oklahoma Law Library
http://www.law.ou.edu/library/
Some useful Subject
Headings:
- Law, Navajo.
- Law, Navajo--Cases.
- Law, Navajo--Cases.
- Law, Navajo--Digests.
- Navajo Indians--Legal
status, laws, etc.
- Indians of North
America--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Indians of North
America--Treaties
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Journals
and Other Periodicals
The following publication
contain information on local and federal legal issues:
- New Mexico Law Review
(Print, 1996, Jan 99 +)
- New Mexico Register
(Print, Jan 1999 +, SW Reference)
- Federal Register
(Print held for one year)
News sources can also
be good places to find material on Navajo legal issues. See the
Navajo
News Resources Guide.
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Electronic
Indexes and Fulltext Databases
Legal
Periodical via First Search
An index to legal publications,
including the American Indian Law Review. Includes citations
to articles dating from 1981. It also includes access to the fulltext
of select material.
A search for "Navajo"
in the subject field will retrieve material related to cases with
Navajo in the title.
For a tutorial on how
to use First Search, see the Native
American Research Tutorial.
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National
Indian Law Library
The Native American
Rights Fund (NARF) is the home of the National Indian Law Library,
a public law library devoted to federal Indian and tribal law.
You can reach them
by mail and phone at the following:
1522 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80302
303/447-8760
The NILL provides some
fulltext documents from its web site. You can also search the
catalog online. They will send copies or InterLibrary Loan materials
for nominal fees. The collection includes the following:
- Tribal self-governance
documents, including tribal constitutions, codes, ordinances,
charters, bylaws and intergovernmental agreements.
- Legal pleadings
from important Indian law cases.
- Indian law treatises,
case law reporters, handbooks, and manuals.
- Native American
Rights Fund publications.
- Federal legislative
history documents relating to Indian law including statutes,
congressional hearings and reports.
- American Indian
treaties.
- Federal administrative
documents relating to Indian law.
- Tribal and Indian
law-related newsletters, newspapers and periodicals.
- A basic collection
of general reference and historical/cultural books on Native
Americans.
The
NILL Catalog:
http://wanderer.aescon.com/webpubs/webcat.htm
About
the NILL Catalog:
http://wanderer.aescon.com/webpubs/search.htm
NARF
Home Page
http://www.narf.org/
For access the the latest Indian legal news, as well as reports
and newsletters.
An older print edition
of the catalog is available in the Reference Collection (KF8201.A1
N38)
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Web
Resources
Navajo
Legal Resources
Navajo
Nation District Court
http://www.navajo.org/nnwebsites.htm
The site is currently under construction. The Window Rock Courth
can be contacted at:
Window Rock District
Court
P.O. Box 5520
Window Rock, AZ 86515
928-871-6962
Navajo
Nation Courts-History
http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/navajocourts.html
A history of the Navajo Nation Courts. Also includes links to
material on the session of the Navajo Nation Supreme Court at
the Harvard Law School in 1999, when they heard the case, Navajo
Nation v. Means.
Navajo
Nation Bar Association
http://www.navajolaw.org/
Information on the history and bylaws of the association, information
on the bar exam, a directory of members, and a calendar of events.
Navajo
Nation's Navajo-Hopi Land Commission Papers
http://www.cwis.org/navhop.html
A select collection of primary documents produced by the commission.
Frequently
Asked Questions, Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute, BIA
http://www.doi.gov/bia/information/nava-hopi.htm
Provided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
DNA
- PEOPLE'S LEGAL SERVICES, INC. (Shiprock)
http://www.sjuw.org/legal/dna.legal.service.html
For legal services, including the areas of public benefits, consumer
law, domestic relations (involving domestic violence), housing,
employment and protection of tribal sovereignty. They assist clients
with telephone calls, letters and interpreting legal papers for
clients who do not understand English and legal terminology.
DNA - PEOPLE'S LEGAL
SERVICES, INC. (Farmington)
Area Served: San Juan county including Navajo Nation.
Services Provided: Mostly family law cases, some employment and
welfare cases taken. No criminal cases taken.
Eligibility: Based on the federal poverty guidelines
They do not have a Website. Contact:
709 N. Butler, Farmington,
NM 87401
Telephone: (505) 325-8886
General Indian
Legal Resources
Department
of Interior Library-Legal Resources
http://library.doi.gov/internet/native.html#legal
A very comprehensive list of Web-based resources regarding Native
American legal issues.
FindLaw-Indian
Law
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/21indian/
Provides links to Indian law practitioners and experts, classified
ads for jobs, summaries of major laws and legal documents, and
a message board for questions about Indian law.
WWW
Virtual Library--American Indians, Legal Resources
http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/indices/NAlegal.html
Another list of legal resources for Native Americans. Includes
a list of law practices that specialize in tribal issues.
See also the General
Web Resources in the Navajo Web Resources Guide. Many of these
have links to additional legal resources.
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