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Legislative and Treaty Research

Lexis-Nexis Congressional Universe
Search here for information regarding the US Congress, legislative history, laws and federal regulations. Full text of the American State Papers and U. S. Serial Set is included in the data base.

Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties, Vols. 1-3 Edited by Charles J. Kappler. Washington, GOP, 1904.
Full text of the treaties provided by Oklahoma State University Library on the WEB. Also in print: Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties (Kappler) - KF8203 1972 Main Ref. Compilation of treaties, laws, executive orders and matters relating to Indian affairs. Volume 2 contains the treaties.

Early Recognized Treaties with American Indian Nations   This online resources contains the text of 9 additional treaties not included in the Kappler.  Seven are treaties with the British.  The other two are early U. S. treaties not included in the Statutes at Large.

Documents of American Indian diplomacy : treaties, agreements, and conventions, 1775-1979 compiled by Vine Deloria, Jr., and Raymond J. DeMallie.  Main Reference KF8202 1999 2 volumes.
Includes material not in Kappler including treaties not made with U. S. government.

THOMAS  Legislative information from the Library of Congress.

National Indian Law Library run by the Native American Rights Fund

United States Serial Set Number 4015: Indian Land Cessions in the United States
This site has the full text of Serial Set volume 4015 and all of the 67 color maps which accompany the text. This volume represents the second part of the Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1896-97 by J.W. Powell, Director.

Native American Water Rights Project
This site has full text documents concerning American Indians water rights in Arizona. The tribes covered include Navajo, Pima/Maricopa, and western Apache.


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