TLJ Tribal Law Profiles

Tribal Law profiles are produced by students in UNM’s Law of Indigenous Peoples course taught by Professor Christine Zuni-Cruz every Fall.

Profile of the Sayisi Dene Nation of Tadoule Lake in Northern Manitoba, from Volume 5

by Kwesi Baffoe The cultural groups among the Aboriginal peoples of Northern Canada correspond to climatic latitudinal divides. Above the tree line, where the boreal forest meets the tundra, are the Inuit whose territory stretches far into the arctic. South of the tree line are the Dene, and below them are the Cree nations of the prairies. The goal of this paper is to concentrate on the nature of the particular culture of the Dene People.

Cherokee Nation Tribal Profile, from Volume 3

Cherokee Nation Tribal Profile by Ahnawake Carroll provides readers with an overview of the Cherokee Nation Tribal Government. This profile includes information regarding both the historical and contemporary uses of the tribe’s traditional law, law of governance, enacted law, and case law.

Profile of the Law of the Navajo Nation, from Volume 2

Navajo Nation Profile by Bidtah Becker, gives an overview of the Navajo Nation governmental structure.

Pueblo of Laguna Tribal Government Profile, from Volume 2

Pueblo of Laguna Tribal Government Profile by Kim Coco Iwamoto, provides readers with an overview of the Pueblo of Laguna Tribal Government. Iwamoto’s profile contains information on the Pueblo’s traditional law, governance, dispute resolution, and extratribal law.

Oglala Lakota Nation Profile, from Volume 2

Oglala Lakota Nation Profile by Danielle Her Many Horses provides an overview of the Oglala Lakota Nation government. This profile contains information on the Oglala Lakota Nation’s traditional governance and its contemporary government.

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