Title: Indian Law Resource Center

Source/Sponsoring Agency: Indian Law Resource Center

URL: http://www.indianlaw.org/

Date Checked: 6/25/01      Status: Active

Date Annotated: 6/30/01

Topics: Human Rights Law; Indian Law

Other keywords: Indigenous Peoples; Latin America; United Nations; Organization of American States

Contents: The Indian Law Resources Center is a non-profit law and advocacy organization founded and directed by Native Americans. The areas of their activity include protecting the rights of indigenous peoples throughout the Western Hemisphere with respect to land claims, sovereignty, environmental protection and mining activities. Their website includes press releases on recent cases from the past year (news from 1998 on is found in the archive section), the Center's newsletter (1997-), and background papers. A section on law reform contains documents and activities of the United Nations, Organization of American States, and the International Training Center for Indigenous Peoples, with a healthy list of links to U.S. and international organizations. The organization of the website is a bit confusing, but there is a simpler text-only version.

Author of Annotation: A. Carson