Gov Docs: Native American History and Culture: Justice

U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Victims of Crime (OVC)

U.S. Dept. of the Interior
---The mission of the Office of Justice Services (OJS) is to uphold Tribal sovereignty and provide for the safety of Indian communities by ensuring the protection of life and property, enforcing laws, maintaining justice and order, and by ensuring that sentenced American Indian offenders are confined in safe, secure, and humane environments.

U.S. Dept. of Justice
---The purpose of the OTJ is to serve as the program and legal policy advisor to the Attorney General with respect to the treaty and trust relationship between the United States and Indian tribes and as the point of contact for federally recognized tribal governments and tribal organizations with respect to questions and comments regarding policies and programs of the Department and issues relating to public safety and justice in Indian country.

U.S. Dept. of Justice

U.S. Dept. of Justice, Tribal Justice and Safety Home
---President Obama signed the Tribal Law and Order Act into law on July 29, 2010. The Tribal Law and Order Act helps to address crime in tribal communities and places a strong emphasis on decreasing violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women.

U.S. Congress.
---This committee has the duty "to conduct a study of any and all matters pertaining to problems and opportunities of Indians, including but not limited to, Indian land management and trust responsibilities, Indian education, health, special services, and loan programs, and Indian claims against the United States"

U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2004 [56 pg]

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 2018 [314 pg]

Narrated by Brigitte Lyles
U.S. Courts
-- Standing Bear v. Crook was a landmark Native American civil rights case decided in 1879 and was the first time a Native American was recognized – not as a ward of the government – but as a person under the law who has inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Nebraska Advisory Committee, 2021 [22 pg]

U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, 2020
Video run time: 10:41 min.
--Training session provides an overview of the Civil Rights protections American Indians have in programs funded by the Justice Department and the obligations of funded Indian Tribes.

U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2015 [17 pg]

(GAO-11-252)
U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 2011 [93 pg]

U.S. Dept. of Justice, Tribal Justice and Safety
2011/2012-2022

U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics
2012-present

U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2022 [68 pgs]

U.S. National Park Service, Greenbelt Park, National Mall and Memorial Parks
"From 1968 to 1978, American Indian activists engaged in a series of marches to the nation's capital to demand rights for their tribes and communities. Foremost among their demands was that the United States honor its treaties with Indigenous nations. These movements laid the foundation for the ongoing struggle for Native rights in the United States. Read on to learn more about this important chapter in Native American history." -- Series of 5 articles

U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2011
Marx Library Gov Docs Bookstacks (2nd FL South)
J 29.2:T 73/2

(Violence Surveillance Summary Series; no. 2)
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 1996

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1991
CR 1.2:IN 2/8

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1981
Marx Library Gov Docs Bookstacks (2nd FL South)
CR 1.2:IN 2/7

U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Indian Affairs, 2008 [62 pg]

U. S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Indian Affairs, 2024 [68 pg]

U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Indian Affairs, 2002 [64 pg]

U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs, 2014 [ 86 pg]

U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Indian Affairs, 2016 [59 pg]

U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Indian Affairs, 2008 [75 pg]

U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Indian Affairs, 2007 [59 pg]

U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, 2024 [49 pg]

U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Indian Affairs, 2018 [93 pg]

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