Tribal Law in Louisiana: Helpful Links

Tribal Nations & the United States: An Introduction    from The National Congress of American Indians

Indigenous Materials in Special Collections an LSU libguide 

Louisiana Governor's Office of Indian Affairs  

64 parishes :       Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana

                            Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana 

                            Jena Band of Choctaw Indians

                            Tunica-Biloxi Tribe

LAW ENFORCEMENT IN INDIAN COUNTRY HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION JUNE 21, 2007

National Indian Law Library

Why Tribes Exist Today in the United States quick facts from the Bureau of Indian Affairs

MacLeod, Lorisia. 2021. “More Than Personal Communication: Templates For Citing Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers”. KULA: Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Preservation Studies 5 (1).

Treaty with the Caddo, 1835  from Charles J. Kappler, Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties

Treaty with the Quapaw, 1818  from Charles J. Kappler, Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties

U.S. Statutes at Large, Volume 7. Treaties Between the United States and the Indian Tribes (1789-1845). from LOC

A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies by Bartolomé de las Casas from Project Gutenberg

Chitimacha and Mashantucket Pequot Indian land claims : hearing before the Select Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, on S. 2294 ... and S. 2719 ... July 14, 1982.  The bills did not advance, but the land history is described.

NAGPRA: An Attempt to Correct the Past article from the Library of Congress blog