Includes bibliographical references (p. 521-524) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Documents -- 1. Great Law of Peace, Gayanashagowa (1000--1525?) -- 2. Laws of Praying Town Indians (1646) -- 3. Laws of the Cherokee Nation (1808-1817) -- 4. The Criminal Code of Tenskwatawa (Shawnee Prophet) (1805?) -- 5. Laws of the Creek Nation (1817-1824) -- 6. Cherokee Constitution (1827) -- 7. Description of Winnebago Government by Caleb Atwater, U.S. Commissioner (1829) -- 8. Laws of the Nez Perce (1844) -- 9. Constitutional Ordinance of the Seneca Nation (1845) -- 10. Constitution of the Seneca Nation of Indians (1848) -- 11. Organization of A New Indian Territory, by George Copway (1850) -- 12. Ottawa Laws (1850) -- 13. Constitution of the "Government by Chiefs" of the Seneca Nation of Indians (1854) -- 14. Chickasaw Nation Constitution (1856) -- 15. Stockbridge and Munsee Tribe Articles of Union and Confederation (1857) -- 16. "Proclamation" of Neutrality by John Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1861) -- 17. Laws of the Delaware Nation (1866) -- 18. Winnebago Tribe Laws and Regulations (1868) -- 19. Okmulgee Constitution (1870) -- 20. Howard White, U.S. Indian Agent for the Winnebago Agency (1872) -- 21. John S. Wood, U.S. Indian Agent for the Blackfeet Agency (1875) -- 22. J .L. Burchard, U.S. Indian Agent for the Round Valley Reservation (1876) -- 23. Alex G. Irvine, Navajo Indian Agency (1877) -- 24. Objectives of the Indian Delegation to a Bill Authorizing an "Indian Delegate" to the U.S. House of Representatives (1878) -- 25. W. Bird, Agent of the Fort Peck Indian Agency (1878) -- 26. Benjamin M. Thomas, Agent at the Pueblo and Abiquiu Agencies (1879) -- 27. John Young, Agent at Blackfeet Agency (1879) -- 28. Henry R. Mallory, Agent at Colorado River Agency (1879) -- 29. J. A. Stephen, Agent at Standing Rock Agency (1880) -- 30. P. B. Hunt, Agent at Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency (1880) -- 31. Constitutions of the Osage Nation (1861, 1881) -- 32. Laws of the Osage Nation (1882) -- 33. P. B. Sinnett, Agent at Grande Ronde Agency (1884) -- 34. Benjamin W. Thompson, Agent at Sisseton Agency (1884) -- 35. Sisseton-Wahpeton Constitution (1884) -- 36. Constitution of the Sac & Fox Nation (1885) -- 37. Robert L. Owen, Agent at the Union Indian Agency (1886) -- 38. Compact Between the Several Tribes Constituting the International Council in Indian Territory (1886) -- 39. Laws of the Pamunkey Indian Town (1886 or 1887) -- 40. Charles E. McChesney, Agent at the Cheyenne River Agency (1887) -- 41. Robert L. Owen, Agent at the Union Agency (Chickasaw people in Indian Territory) (1888) -- 42. Robert L. Owen, Agent at the Union Agency (Multiple tribes in Indian Territory) (1888) -- 43. Charter of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (1889, with amendments adopted in 1895 and 1897) -- 44. Constitution of the Menominee Tribe of Indians (1892) -- 45. Amended Constitution of the Seneca Nation of Indians (1893) -- 46. Muscogee Creek Nation Constitution (1894) -- 47. Dew M. Wisdom, Agent at the Union Agency, Indian Territory (1896) -- 48. A.E. Woodson, Acting Agent at Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency (1897) -- 49. Pima Constitution (1901 or 1902) -- 50. Acts and Resolutions of the General Council of the Choctaw Nation (1904) -- 51. Menominee Constitution (1904) -- 52. Constitution of the State of Sequoyah (1906) -- 53. Unwritten Laws of the Apache (1906) -- 54. Laws, By-Laws, and Constitution of the Pueblo of Laguna (1908) -- 55. Right of Indians to Nominate Their Agent or Superintendent (1912) -- 56. Rules and Regulations for Annette Islands Reserve (1915) -- 57. Constitutions of the Rosebud Sioux (1916, 1920, and 1924) -- 58. Alaska Native Brotherhood Constitutions of Grand and Subordinate Camps (1917-1918) -- 59. Constitution of the Red Lake Band of Anishinaabe (1918) -- 60. Yurok Laws (1919) -- 61. Western Shoshone Constitution (1919) -- 62. Constitution of the Oglala Tribal Council (1921) -- 63. Assiniboine & Gros Ventre of Ft. Belknap Constitution (1921) -- 64. By-Laws of the Crow Indians (1922) -- 65. Constitution of the Cheyenne River Sioux Indians (1923) -- 66. Constitution and By-Laws of the Menominee Indians (1924) -- 67. Duwamish Constitution (1925) -- 68. Constitution and By-Laws of the Oglala Tribal Council (1928) -- 69. Constitution and By-Laws of the Klamath Business Committee (1929) -- 70. Governance Within the White Mountain Apache (1929) -- 71. Trustees of the Puyallup Tribe (1929) -- 72. Northern and Southern Pueblo Governance (1929) -- 73. Klamath Indian Corporation (1930) -- 74. Constitution and By-Laws of the Flathead Business Committee (1930) -- 75. Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Council Resolutions and Petitions (1930) -- 76. Makah Constitutional Discussion (1931) -- 77. Indian Tribal Councils Act (1932) -- 78. Removal of Certain Bureau of Indian Affairs Employees (1932) -- 79. Yankton Sioux Constitution (1932) -- 80. Concerns of the Western Shoshone Nation (1932) -- 81. Proposed Organization of the Tribal Advisory Committee of the Prairie Band of Potawatomie of Kansas (1932) -- 82. Constitution of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians (1932) -- 83. Constitution of the Hopi Council of New Oraibi (1933) -- 84. Constitution of the Oglala Sioux Tribe (1933) -- 85. Constitutions of the Camp McDowell Indians of Arizona (1933) -- 86. Constitution and By-Laws of the Hoopa Business Council (1933) -- Appendix 1: Selected Internet Sites.
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