Government – Sites

Executive Branch –

Black Recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor in the
     Indian Wars -
http://www.nps.gov/foda/Fort_Davis_WEB_PAGE/About_the_
Fort/BLACK_RECIPIENTS_Con_Medal_of_Honor.htm

Dept. of Commerce –
     U. S. Census Bureau - http://www.census.gov/ - or –
          1990 Census: Tribal Populations –
               http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/race/indian/ailang1.txt

Department of Housing and Urban Development
     Office of Native American Programs –
          Code Talk is a federal inter-agency Native American website that provides information for Native
          American communities

Dept. of the Interior – http://www.doi.gov/
     Bureau of Indian Affairs - http://www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html   - The BIA is the
          principal bureau within the federal government responsible for the administration of federal
          programs for federally recognized Indian tribes, and for promoting Indian self-determination.
          Branch of Acknowledgment and Research - http://www.doi.gov/bia/ack_res.html
          Congressional and Legislative Affairs - http://www.doi.gov/bia/clahome.html - Provides
               information on legislation concerning American Indians and Alska Natives.
          Office of Indian Education Programs - http://www.oiep.bia.edu/ - The Office of Indian Education
               provides quality educational opportunities from early childhood through life, in accordance
               with tribe’s needs for cultural and economic well-being and in keeping with the wide
               diversity of Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages as distinct cultural and governmental
               entities.
          Office of Public Affairs - http://www.doi.gov/bia/news/newspage.htm - The office posts
               press releases, speeches, and other public documents.
          Office of Tribal Government Services - http://www.doi.gov/bia/tribegovserv/tribegov.htm
          Office of American Indian Trust - http://www.doi.gov/oait/
          Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians - http://www.ost.doi.gov/
          Regional Offices –
               Great Plains Regional Office - http://www.doi.gov/bia/aberdeen/
          Reports - http://www.doi.gov/bia/majrpt.htm - A collection of important BIA reports that have
                been produced in recent years.

Dept. of Justice - http://www.usdoj.gov/

Government-to-Government Relations with Native American Tribal Governments - Clinton memorandum,
     4/29/94 - http://one-web.org/oneida/sov1.html

National Archives - http://www.nara.gov/

National Indian Gaming Commission - http://www.nigc.gov

National Park Service –
     Tribal Preservation Program - http://www2.cr.nps.gov/tribal/thpo.htm

Legislative Branch –
Congress –
     House of Representatives –
          Committee on Resources - http://www.house.gov/resources/

     Senate –
          Committee on Indian Affairs - http://indian.senate.gov/nsindex.html

Dawes Act - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/statutes/native/dawes.htm
Fedlaw – Native Americans - http://www.legal.gsa.gov/legal22x.htm
Northwest Ordinance – July 13, 1787 - http://www.warmsprings.com/history/treaty/nword.htm
Wheeler-Howard Act – June 18, 1934 -http://www.warmsprings.com/history/treaty/wh_act.htm

Judicial Branch -
Cases and Materials on Problems in Lands Allotted To American

Indians –
     http://thorpe.ou.edu/treatises/index.html

First Cherokee Indian Case - Cherokee Nation v. Georgia - http://www.tourolaw.edu/patch/Cherokee/

Office of Tribal Justice - http://www.usdoj.gov/otj/index.html

McQuinn Strip Boundary Dispute 1871/1972 -  Warm Springs Tribes -
     http://www.warmsprings.com/history/treaty/mcquinn.htm

Second Cherokee Indian Case Worcester v. Georgia - http://www.tourolaw.edu/patch/Worcester/

Tribal Court Clearinghouse - http://www.tribal-institute.org/

Worcester vs. Georgia - http://www.1st-hand-history.com/Marshall/album1.html

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