Voyager - the Library catalogue

• Theses and dissertations in the Davis Law Library on indigenous/native/aboriginal/customary legal issues 
• Theses and dissertations in the Davis Law Library on Mäori legal issues 
• Constitutional issues: Australian Aboriginal, Canadian First nations, Native American, Mäori  
• Publications from the Waitangi Tribunal  

Voyager - Example subject headings for finding general resources on law and indigenous peoples:

Databases: 

• AGIS Plus Text (Australian database. Source documents include Australian, New Zealand and Pacific law journals, and selected articles from major law journals from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom)
• EbscoHost Academic Search Premier (4000 full text scholarly journals covering wide range of subject areas)
• First Nations Periodical Index (Index of Canadian journals aimed at students, educators and researchers interested in indigenous issues. Contains articles on New Zealand, Australian and North American indigenous populations)
• Index to Legal Periodicals (Index of articles, case notes, legislation notes, book reviews, conference reports from the United States, Puerto Rico, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Click here for search help)
• Hein Online (Full text archival collection of US and selected international law journals)
• Index New Zealand (Indexes over 300 journals and magazines. Coverage primarily New Zealand, but some comparative content in articles)
• Lexis.com (US database. See Legal (excluding US) for non US resources)
• LinxPlus (An index of journal articles from New Zealand law journals. Selected coverage of Australia, UK and Canadian titles. Click here for search help) 
• Westlaw.com (US database. Use the World Journals tab to search across all journals)

Conventions, declarations and UN materials 

• United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
• United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
• United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights 
• United Nations - Documents relating to Indigenous Issues
• ILO Convention No. 169 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples (conventions are in number order)
• Mataatua Declaration on Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples 
• Mana Tangata: draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 1993 : background and discussion on key issues : an explanatory document (Te Puni Kokiri, 1994)

Web Resources 

• Background paper No. 15  1997–98: Indigenous Affairs in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United States of America, Norway and Sweden (briefing paper to Senators and Members of the Australian Parliament summarising indigenous affairs in six countries, including Australia) 
• Becoming Visible: Indigenous Politics and Self-Government (Papers on the international indigenous rights movement in Australia, Guatamala, Scandinavia and Canada. Proceedings of the Conference on Indigenous Politics and Self-Government in Tromsø, 8-10 November, 1993)
• Briefing Paper on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in International Law (Fergus MacKay, B.A., J.D.)
• Center for World Indigenous Studies (CWIS aims to foster better understanding between peoples through the publication and distribution of literature written and voiced by leading contributors from Fourth World Nations.) 
• Fourth World Documentation Project (Provides UN documents, treaties, agreements, constructive documents, internationally focused and tribal documents. Access is by region and document type)
• Fourth World Journal (Published by CWIS. It provides articles from indigenous activists and scholars from around the world)
• Indigenous and Tribal Peoples (Information on the ILO's involvement in indigenous issues. Includes a bibliography of publications)
• Indigenous Peoples' Human Rights Project (Joint initiative of University of Minnesota Human Rights Center and International Indian Treaty Council. Links to See presentation for discussion includes precursors to 20th century human rights documents, categories of human rights, selected human rights conventions and the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples)
• Indigenous Peoples and the Law (Published by Victoria University of Wellington. This resource aims to provide links to the best and latest articles on indigenous issues available on the internet)
• Indian Law Resource Center (Focus on the Americas, but some Pacific rim content. Topics include indigenous rights and international human rights, land rights, environmental protection, sovereignty and self-governance)
• NativeWeb: Indigenous Law & Legal Issues (Information about law and legal issues related to indigenous peoples of the world)
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights
• Researching Indigenous Peoples Rights under International Law (Steven C. Perkins, 1999)
• Rights of Indigenous People in International Law: an annotated bibliography (Roy and Miller, 1985 University of Saskatchewan Native Law Centre)
• UNHCR - Indigenous Peoples (Link to fact sheet on indigenous rights, information on the international decade of the world's indigenous people, documents and working groups)
• United Nations Guide for Indigenous Peoples 
• United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
• WorldLII: Indigenous Law (A searchable database of indigenous legal resources from a variety of countries)
• WWW Virtual Library: Indigenous Studies (Resources from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Americas and the Pacific)  

NEW ZEALAND 

Example subject headings for finding resources in Voyager:

Databases providing commentary on indigenous issues in English and Mäori:

• Hansard (Hansard, written and oral questions)
• Index to Te Ao Hou Periodical (Te Ao Hou, Te Mäori and Te Kaunihera Mäori)
• Index New Zealand (Indexes over 300 journals and magazines. Coverage includes some pan-tribal and iwi specific publications)
• NewzText Plus (Full text magazines and newspapers. Click here for search help)
• Newzindex (Index of magazines, journals and newspapers)
• Nuipepa: Mäori Newspapers Digital Collection (34 full text searchable dating from 1842 - 1933) 
• Mäori AV catalogue (Index of Mäori tv programmes such as Koha, Waka Huia, Marae)
• Waitangi Tribunal Reports (This database provides information on the structure and role of the Waitangi Tribunal, English and Mäori versions of the Treaty of Waitangi, full text Tribunal reports and information on the claims settlement process)

New Zealand legal databases providing case law and commentary on indigenous issues:

Resources available in Brookers Online.

• Briefcase (Full text reported and unreported judgments)
• DSL Environmental Library (Resources for looking at Maori and the RMA)

Resources available in LexisNexis NZ.

• LinxPlus (Full text reported and unreported judgments. An index of journal articles from New Zealand law journals. Some international coverage)
• Laws of New Zealand (New Zealand's legal encyclopedia. Good coverage of Mäori issues)

Web Resources

• Indigenous Peoples and the Law (Published by Victoria University of Wellington. This resource aims to provide links to the best and latest articles on indigenous issues available on the internet. It is an excellent source of news on Mäori issues)
• Resources for Mäori land law (Compiled by the University of Auckland. Print and web resources relating to Mäori land. Includes Government and Mäori perspectives on the foreshore and seabed)
• Mäori Organisations of New Zealand (Directory of iwi and organisation contacts, links to law and land resources, links to other Mäori and indigenous web sites)
• Mäori Studies Guides (Compiled by the University of Auckland. Topics include Mäori land, material culture, Mäori views and perspectives, Treaty of Waitangi and Waitangi Tribunal materials)
• Te Puna Web directory - Mäori Subject List (Compiled by the National Library. This includes sections on Iwi and government, law and politics)

PACIFIC ISLANDS

Example subject headings for finding resources in Voyager:

• LinxPlus (An index of journal articles from New Zealand law journals. Some international coverage. Good source of information on Pacific law. Select Journals to limit search to articles)
• Index New Zealand (Indexes over 300 journals and magazines. Coverage includes some pan-tribal and iwi specific publications)
• Newztext Plus (Full text magazines and newspapers. Will provide commentary on events in the Pacific)
• Newzindex (Index of magazines, journals and newspapers. Will provide commentary on events in the Pacific)

Web Resources

• Pacific Island legal materials in the Davis Law Library
• Indigenous Peoples and the Law (Published by Victoria University of Wellington. This resource aims to provide links to the best and latest articles on indigenous issues available on the internet)
• Law of the Pacific Islands: A Guide to Web Based Resources (Article by Ruth Bird, 2004. Excellent links to online sources of Pacific law)
• Legal Foundation for Hawaiian Independence (Part of Hawai'i Independent and Sovereign. This section provides constitutions of the Kingdom of Hawai'i, annexation and overthrow documents)
• PACLII (An initiative of the University of the South Pacific School of Law to promote access to Pacific law. Resources listed by country, links to recent cases, full text articles from the Journal of South Pacific Law, and conference information)
• Te Puna Web Directory  - Pacific Island web sites (Pacific Island resources on the web. Listed by subject and country)
• University of the South Pacific (Primary and secondary legal materials from around the Pacific) 
• WORLDLII - Pacific Law Sites (Legal resources listed by country)
• (Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Useful links to organisations, news, human rights and legal resources)

AUSTRALIA

Example subject headings for finding resources in Voyager:

Databases

• AGIS - ATSIS (Deals with legal issues such as land rights, native title, customary law, Aboriginal deaths in custody, Aboriginals in the criminal justice system, racial discrimination, indigenous intellectual property, and Aboriginal youth and juvenile justice)
• AGIS Plus Text (Full text of main Australian University law journals, Indigenous Law Bulletin and Land, Rights, Laws: Issues of Native Title)
• AUSTLII (Full text Australian cases from a variety of courts)
• CINCH-ATSIS (Index of articles on the involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian justice system. Subject coverage includes all aspects of crime and criminal justice including corrections, crime, crime prevention, criminal law, criminology, juvenile justice, law enforcement, police and victims of crime)
• Indigenous Australia (Index of articles, book chapters, parliamentary information, case law, audiovisual materials and internet resources on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life. Compiled by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Library) 
  

Internet Resources

• Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee (Links to reviews, reports and issue papers on Police, Prisons and Custody, Women, Children & Juveniles and International Issues) 
• Agreements, Treaties, and Negotiated Settlements Project This resource examines treaty and agreement-making with Indigenous Australians and the nature of the cultural, social and legal rights encompassed by past, present and potential agreements and treaties. Searchable index of agreements with links to related agreements and legislation, seminar papers and a bibliography. Some items are full text)
• ATSIC: Law and Justice (Links under Publications to the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody report, Stolen Generations report and submissions on the Senate Inquiry into the Human Rights (Mandatory Sentencing of Juvenile Offenders) Bill 1999). This site is now no longer active and is only available in archive form. Date of archive is 2006.
• Indigenous Peoples and the Law ( Parliament of Australia, Parliamentary Library. Contains links to legislation, court and tribunal decisions, links to national bodies and publications on native title. Useful index of journal articles and reports arranged by year. Most items listed are full text online)
• Indigenous Portal (Links to Government resources specific to indigenous Australians. See Justice & Law, Land & Native Title)
• INFOKOORI (State Library of New South Wales. INFOKOORI is an index of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander newspapers and magazines. INFOKOORI reports on people, issues and events that affect Indigenous peoples from all over Australia — from an Indigenous perspective)
• Mabo and the Wik decision (Links to discussion on the impact of these decisions on Native Title in Australia. See also Noel Pearson's article 'The Concept of Native Title in Common Law'. Compiled by P.L. Duffy Resource Centre, Trinity College, Western Australia) 
• NNTT: National Native Title Tribunal (Provides information about the Tribunal, native title applications, the future act processes, indigenous land use agreements, mediation and other information related to native title and the Native Title Act 1993. See publications for full text newsletters and research papers)
• NTRB: Native Title Representative Bodies (Representative bodies are primarily service delivery agents who are responsible for providing professional native title services to their clients in an effective and equitable manner. The NTRB site provides links to news and resources)
• Reconciliation and Social Justice Library (Full text publications from a range of agencies including ATSIC, AIATSIS, AIC, ALRC, Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation ANTaR, government departments,
  HREOC, Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, University of New South Wales Law Journal and Uniya - Social Justice Centre)
• WebLaw - Native Title (Legislation, case law and commentary relating to native title and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders)
• Wik: the Aftermath and Implications (Full text articles on the Wik decision from the University of New South Wales Law Review)
• WWW Virtual Library: Aboriginal Studies (Native title resources)
• Yorta Yorta Native Title Case (Article briefly reviewing judgment)

AMERICAS

Alaska

• Alaska Native Issues  (Compiled by Tribal Clearinghouse)
• Alaska Native Knowledge Network (Articles and guides on various topics including cultural and intellectual property rights, heritage protection)
• Stock, Corporations and the Native Land Claims Settlement (This booklet is one of a collection of articles written by people who are interested in Native land claims produced by the University of Alaska and Alaskan Department of Education. See also Environmental Issues in Land Claims, New Tribes for New Times, Politics and Alaska Natives)
• Arctic Circle: Social Equity and Environmental Justice (Links to articles, commissions of inquiry, resolutions and reports on indigenous land rights. Resources pertaining to the Alaska Native Land Claims Settlement Act of 1971)
• Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (Full text of the Act, an electronic book, newspaper and journals articles, Alaska Native Commission Reports)
• Turtle Island Native Network (Land rights resources. Links to Aboriginal title, treaties and self-governance)

Canada and Nunavut

Example subject headings for finding resources on law and First Nations in Voyager:

Databases

• Index to Legal Periodicals (Index of articles, case notes, legislation notes, book reviews, conference reports from the United States, Puerto Rico, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Click here for search help)
• First Nations Periodical Index (Index of journals aimed at students, educators and researchers interested in indigenous issues. Links through to full text online issues where available)
• Hein Online (Full text archival collection of US and selected international law journals. Use the search options to locate articles on Canadian issues in other journals)
• Lexis.com (Legal > Legal (excluding U.S.) > Canada  - legislation, case law, and journal articles)
• Westlaw.com (Directory > International / Worldwide Materials > North America > Individual Country Materials > Canada - legislation, case law and journal articles. Also try the World Journals tab for journal articles)

Case Law

• CANLII (Cases by region. Includes Nunavut Court of Appeal and Nunavut Court of Justice)
• Canadian Native Law Reporter (Davis Law Library)
• Delgamuukw v British Columbia [1997] 3 S.C.R 1010  decisions.
• Leading Aboriginal Rights Cases (Factsheet from the Canadian Race Relations Foundation. Review of leading cases and their historical context)
• Leading Aboriginal Treaty Rights Cases (Factsheet from the Canadian Race Relations Foundation. Review of leading treaty cases and treaties)
• Native Law Centre of Canada (University of Saskatchewan. Provides a searchable database of legal briefs, pleadings and opinions on Native cases)
• Nunavut Court of Justice (Click here for judgments )
• Sparrow v The Queen [1990] 1 S.R.C 1075 (The Sparrow case was the first in which the Supreme Court of Canada dealt with section 35 of the Constitution Act 1982 which recognizes and affirms "the existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada")

Web Resources

• A Brief Introduction to Aboriginal Law in Canada (Bill Henderson) 
• Aboriginal Canada Portal (information on Indigenous Canadian social, land and legal issues. See Claims and Treaties for full text of the Nunavut Agreement Act)
• Aboriginal Justice Learning Network - a voluntary network of representatives of the justice system and Aboriginal communities (Department of Justice, Canada)
• Canadian Journal of Native Studies (the CJNS is full text online from volume one. The CJNS is indexed by the  First Nations Periodical Index ) 
• CBC Archives: The Creation of Nunavut (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's coverage of the Nunavut settlement. Includes TV footage and radio interviews) 
• Delgamuukw Backgrounder - how the decision affects us (This is a three page overview from the Lower Mainland Treay Advisory Committee)
• Delgamuukw / Gisday'wa National Process (an extensive collection of resources relating to the Delgamuukw decision. This site has been designed to provide First Nations with the best available legal research and practical tools for implementing Delgamuukw on the ground. See Research for papers on the meaning of Aboriginal title, proof of Aboriginal title, economic dimensions of Aboriginal title, Delgamuukw and treaties, Delgamuukw and the extinguishment of Aboriginal title in Canada)
• Department of Justice - Research and Statistics (Full text research papers on Aboriginal issues, youth justice, Inuit women and access to justice, bibliography of Nunavut justice issues and domestic violence)
• Fourth World Documentation Project - Canada (documents and information on issues effecting indigenous populations in Canada)
• Indian and Northern Affairs (Department of Justice, Canada) -See publications for full text resources on First Nations land and legal issues.  See online resources for full text contemporary, historical and treaty specific information. Bibliographies on treaty and aboriginal issues,  full text research reports on treaty issues, timelines and historical maps, treaty guides and final agreements
• Interviewing Inuit Elders. Tirigusuusiit, Piqujait and Maligait: Inuit Perspectives on Traditional Law (Interviewing Inuit Elders Series explores interviews conducted as part of the first Legal Studies Program offered by Nunavut Arctic College in Iqaluit. Chapter Two discusses Inuit concepts and traditional law. Comparision is made between Inuit and Western perspectives. This chapter may be viewed online or downloaded in PDF)
• Law Society of Nunavut (See 'Polar Barrister' for discussion of recent legal issues)
• Legislative Assembly of Nunavut (See Hansard for debates) 
• Nunavut Government (See links to Acts and Regulations)
• Nunavut Human Rights Consultation Workshop 2001 (Preliminary review of issues in the development of Human Rights Legislation for Nunavut)
• Nunavut : Inuit regain control of their lands and their lives (IWGIA report 102)
• Nunavut "Our Land" (Links to information on Nunavut government and a bibliography providing useful legal articles)
• WORLDLII - Indigenous Law - Canada  (Links to websites providing full text cases, commentary on legal issues, directories of contacts)

North America 

Example subject headings for finding resources on law and Native Americans in Voyager:

Databases

• Hein Online (Full text archival collection of US law journals. Full coverage of the American Indian Law Review. Use the search options to locate articles in other journals)
• Index to Legal Periodicals (Index of articles, case notes, legislation notes, book reviews, conference reports from the United States, Puerto Rico, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Click here for search help)
• Lexis.com (Legal > Area of Law by Topic > Native American Law)
• Westlaw.com (All Databases > Topical Materials by Area of Practice > Native American Law. Also try the World Journals tab for journal articles)
• First Nations Periodical Index (index of journals aimed at students, educators and researchers interested in indigenous issues. Links through to full text online issues where available. Native American content is included)

Internet Resources

• Findlaw: Indian and Native Peoples Law (directory of contacts, legislations,  case law, journals and other documents)
• Fourth World Documentation Project - United States (documents and information on issues effecting indigenous populations in the United States)
• Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties (compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler, is an historically significant, 7-volume compilation of U.S. treaties, laws and executive orders pertaining to Native American Indian tribes) 
• International Indian Treaty Council (an organization of Indigenous Peoples from North, Central, South America and the Pacific working for the Sovereignty and Self-Determination of Indigenous Peoples and the recognition and protection of Indigenous Rights, Traditional Cultures and Sacred Lands)
• Legal Information Institute - Indian Law (links to the US Constitution, relevent titles in the U.S Code and case law from various courts)
• MegaLaw: Native American Law (directory of contacts, legislation, case law, and Native American tribal websites)
• Native American Law - New England School of Law (Primary material, bibliographies, collections of Internet resources, cultural property organizations, individual Indian nations,other Aboriginal and Indigenous Peoples' sites)
• The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development (Topical reports covering issues such as tribal courts and alternative dispute resolution, indigenous people in international law, intellectual property rights, and resource management)
• Tribal Court Clearinghouse - a project of the Tribal Law and Policy Institute (tribal, federal and state legislation and case law, directory of contacts, resources by topic and a section on emerging issues)

Latin America - South and Central 

Example subject headings for finding resources on law and Latin American peoples in Voyager:

• Fourth World Documentation Project - South and Central America (Documents and information on issues effecting indigenous populations in the Latin America)
• Indigenous people, Law and Politics in Peru
• International Indian Treaty Council (An organization of Indigenous Peoples from North, Central, South America and the Pacific working for the Sovereignty and Self-Determination of Indigenous Peoples and the recognition and protection of Indigenous Rights, Traditional Cultures and Sacred Lands)
• Latin American links (Bill Henderson - resources from Mexico, Central and South America. Some have legal content)
• SAIIC - The South and Meso American Indian Rights Center
• WORLDLII - South America (Each country listed contains categories for  indigenous law and human rights)

ASIA

Example subject headings for finding resources on law and indigenous Asian populations in Voyager: