Guide to the Native American Tribal Sovereignty collection CEMA 213

Rebecca Vasquez, 2024.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2024 February


Title: Native American Tribal Sovereignty collection
Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 213
Language of Material: English.
Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Physical Description: 1 Linear Foot; (1 carton)
Date (inclusive): 1969-1981
Abstract: Materials related to Native American Tribal Sovereignty, particularly in relation to interactions with the United States government.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assignees.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assignees. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donations from Jon Bartel.

Preferred Citation

Native American Tribal Sovereignty collection, CEMA 213. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains materials related to Native American Tribal Sovereignty expressed through a variety of topics and issues, such as education, environmental issues, redistricting, and taxation. Materials may include newsletters and journals, Tribal publications, legal documents and decisions, report and program materials, and other reference materials.

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Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents

Materials of note, organized by topic, are listed below:
  • Education - The Law of the People: A Bicultural Approach to Legal Education for Navajo Students; Second Navajo Orthography Conference program; Reservation-Wide Public Schools Association Newsletter
  • Environmental issues
  • Revised Navajo Bibliography, with Supplement and Subject Index
  • Sovereignty and taxation cases - North Dakota Law Review reprints; Supreme Court Rulings; legal filings; Puerto Rico as a case study
  • Miscellaneous Publications - issues of DNA Newsletter; Message to the Indians; Navajo Times; Oglala Sioux Community College's Lakota Eyapaha newspaper; Anthropology Resource Center Newsletter; Native Self Sufficiency - Tribal Sovereignty Program newsletter