Tribal Law Gateway | Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota
Formerly known as the Devil's Lake Sioux. In Santee Sioux: Mni Wakan Oyate.
Contact Info
P.O. Box 359
Fort Totten, ND 58335
Phone: 701-766-4221
Fax: 701-766-4126
Tribal Court:
709 3rd Avenue
Fort Totten, ND 58335
P.O. Box 30
Fort Totten, ND 58335
Phone: 70-766-4244 or
701-766-4750
Fax: 701-766-4776
Research Tools
United States Tribal Courts Directory. By A. Schwartz and M.J.B. Hunter.
Tiller's Guide to Indian Country: Economic Profiles of American Indian Reservations. Tiller Research, Inc.
Tribal Leaders Directory (BIA)
List of Federally Recognized Tribes. (Federal Register)
How to Build a Tribal Legal History. Indian Nation Archives
TRIBAL CODE
At tribe's website.
See NILL catalog record for Children's Code (received 1999).
TRIBAL CONSTITUTION
At Oklahoma Univerisity Law Center's website. 1957 version.
NILL website. 1961 version, last amended in 1981. Table of Contents only.
See NILL catalog record for 1961 Revised Constitution and Bylaws.
TRIBAL COURT OPINIONS
At Indian Law Reporter (not available online). Select cases. Search tip: search for the abbreviations: Spirit Lake Tr. Ct.; Spirit Lake Sx. Tr. Ct. Northern Plains. There are also cases through the Intertribal Court of Appeals. Search for the abbreviations: N. Plns. Intertr. Ct. App.; N. Plns. Inter-Tr. Ct. App.; N. Plains Intertr. Ct. App. See NILL's cumulative subject index of tribal court cases in the ILR.
OTHER LEGAL MATERIALS
See NILL catalog records for other tribe materials.