New Edition - American Indian Law In a Nutshell

The 2009 edition of American Indian Law in a Nutshell contains no drastic changes in terms of its organization (chapter titles, subsections, preface, or index). It still focuses on cases involving American Indians and Alaska Natives, generally leaving cases related to Native Hawai’ians out. The major update is Canby’s addition of a number of new law cases, which brings the book’s length to 548 pages (496 in the fourth edition). Canby accounts for the expansion of Indian case law by mentioning the “greatly increased economic activity of many tribes, particularly those engaged in gaming.” Most of the new cases are from recent years (since the publication of the previous edition in 2004), but some older cases are included as well. If you would like to purchase the book, you can follow this link.

Canby, William C. American Indian Law in a Nutshell. Fifth edition. St. Paul, MN:
Thomson/West, 2009.

New library materials feature education and taxation materials, among others

• Education : your guide to higher learning in Indian Country. 2008-2009. This year's edition includes articles on language preservation activities.
• Indian taxation : a look at Indian tax cases through the prism of Atkinson Trading / Michael J. McIntyre. A presentation that is also available online at http://faculty.law.wayne.edu/mcintyre/text/Multistate_class/indian_tax2-print.pdf
• Constitution : Standing Rock Sioux Tribe : approved April 24, 1959, with amendments through June 11, 2008. The Tribe has given permission to the Library to digitize this. Find it at http://www.narf.org/nill/Constitutions/standingrock/srconsttoc.htm
• Ceremony comes home [videorecording]. About the Wintu Indians.
• Native American veterans. An historical statistical publication from the United States. Dept. of Veterans Affairs. Office of Information Management and Statistics. Research Division. (1985).
• 34th annual FBA Indian law conference / Federal Bar Association, Indian Law Section.

New Legislation Bulletin

On April 24, 2009, the Library launched a new Bulletin as part of its Indian Law Bulletin service. The U.S. Legislation Bulletin tracks selected federal Native American-related legislation from Congress. To read more about the Bulletin, visit http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/aboutlegislation.htm

To access the Bulletin, go to http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/new_uslegislation.htm

The purpose of the Indian Law Bulletins, a current awareness service, is to provide succinct and timely information about new developments in Indian Law. Access the Bulletins at http://narf.org/nill/bulletins/ilb.htm . You can also contact us to receive E-mail notification when new updates are published. Please specify if you wish to be notified when all or only selected bulletins have been published. (dselden@narf.org or by phone at (303) 447-8760).