North American Indian Law: A Basic Bibliography (PDF)

Patrick S. O’Donnell

Department of Philosophy

Santa Barbara City College (2012)

Not a few of the titles here are not about American Indian law as such, but might be considered indispensable (i.e., provide important historical, sociological, anthropological, political, or other forms of knowledge) for understanding endogenous and exogenous variables viewed through emic and etic perspectives that directly or indirectly influence this or that aspect of Indian law. I welcome suggestions for additional titles. Some excellent blogs and internet sites are appended to this compilation. (Thanks to Professor Matthew L.M. Fletcher for some title suggestions.)

Aberle, David F. The Peyote Religion among the Navajo. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2^nd ed. 1991 (1966).

Adair, John, Kurt W. Deuschle and Clifford R. Barnett. The People’s Health: Medicine and Anthropology in a Navajo Community. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1988 ed.

Adams, David Wallace. Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875-1928. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1995.

Alfred, Taiaike. Peace, Power, Righteousness: An Indigenous Manifesto. Ontario: Oxford University Press, 1996.

Ambler, Marjane. Breaking the Iron Bonds: Indian Control of Energy Development. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1990.

Anaya, S. James. Indigenous Peoples in International Law. New York: Oxford University Press, 2^nd ed., 2004.

Anderson, Robert T., Bethany Berger, Philip P. Frickey, and Sarah Krakoff. American Indian Law: Cases and Commentary. St. Paul, MN: Thomson Reuters/West, 2^nd ed., 2010.

Anderson, William L., ed. Cherokee Removal: Before and After. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1992.

Asch, Michael, ed. Aboriginal and Treaty Rights in Canada: Essays on Law, Equity, and Respect for Difference. Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press, 1997.

Austin, Raymond D. Navajo Courts and Navajo Common Law: A Tradition of Tribal Self Governance. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2009. Continue reading →