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1969 Law & Soc. Order 161 (1969)
Lawyers on the Reservation: Some Implications for the Legal Profession

handle is hein.journals/arzjl1969 and id is 173 raw text is: Lawyers on the Reservation: Some Implications for the Legal Profession Among the many projects of the Office of Economic Opportunity has been the provision of legal services for Indian reservations. The position of the lawyer on a reser- vation is much different from that of the lawyer for the urban poor, both because of the Indian culture and be- cause of the vast potential and actual natural resources held by Indians. Professor Price, who is closely connected with California Indian Legal Services, examines the pro- gram and some of its unique cultural problems and ob- stacles. He then discusses the proper role of the legal services lawyer on the reservation and concludes that he must assist as architect in helping to define and to effect economic development of the reservation's resources. Monroe E. Price* This is an essay on a tiny corner of the legal profession, a small but growing band of lawyers financed by the Office of Economic Opportunity to provide legal services for American Indians. But, as is sometimes the case, a part can illuminate the whole; and here, in the hot house of the reservation context, important ques- tions about the law and lawyers can be treated in a comparative way within a domestic setting. The experience of the OEO lawyers provides some insight into the relationship between law and economic development and also into the role of a lawyer where there is substantial social and institutional change. The lawyers, about 40 in number, are distributed throughout the country: there are OEO programs at the Choctaw Reserva- tion in Philadelphia, Mississippi; at Cheyenne River, Crow Creek, *Professor of Law, University of California at Los Angeles.

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