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15 NARF Legal Rev. 1 (1989-1990)

handle is hein.journals/narf15 and id is 1 raw text is: ,Native Ame111ii rican Ritghts Fund14, The National Indian Law Library Tribal Code Project: A Product Of A Successful Joint Effort by Joanna L. Wilkerson Despite centuries of devastation, Indian Tribes have persisted as politically, socially, and culturally distinct entities, capable of and intent upon deciding their own destination through tribal government. This continuing endeavor finally culminated in a fundamental change during the era of social upheaval and reformation of the 1960's. Thus was begun a more comprehensive, concerted effort in the legal protection of Indian rights by lawyers who have an understanding of the subtleties of the problems at work and the interests at stake. The permanency of Indian Tribes was acknowledged during the Johnson administration and reaffirmed by President Nixon's special message to Congress recommending a policy of support to Indian self-government. Tribal governments are now becoming vehicles to serve the interests of their constituents. Constitutions conceived by Indian Tribes themselves are replacing BIA boiler-plate documents. Tribal courts are taking the place of the BIA controlled courts of Indian offenses and Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) courts. Although many tribal laws are still replicae of the BIA models of earlier years, tribal governments are now comprehensively rewriting law and order codes. Some governments are rewriting their existing tribal documents, and other's are replacing them entirely with documents of their own fashioning. Tribes are taking legislative control of reservation management, environmental and wildlife protection, criminal prosecution, family welfare, juvenile delinquency, housing, zoning, economic development, taxation, business associations, non-Indian presence and business relations, and every other conceivable legal concern by promulgating comprehensive, sophisticated codes of law to serve the needs and protect tribal culture. The rapid developments spawned both in federal Indian law and in tribal government revealed, among other things, a vacuum of resources. There had never been any effort to create and upkeep a comprehensive collection of past and present cases, legislation, treaties, and other documents Contents: Vol.15, No.1, Winter 9 Tribal Code Project .......... Case Updates ................ 6 New Board Members .......... 7 Special thanks to the Phillip Morris Company for its contribution to the XT A1DI - _. .. A Digitized from Best Copy Available

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