Cherokee Nation
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Tribal Code:

At tribal Attorney General's website.
At tribal court's website. (See CNCA- Searchable PDF in left-hand column).

At tribe's website. Legislative Research Center.

At NILL website. Table of Contents.

See NILL catalog records for the tribal code.


Tribal Constitution:

At tribe's website.

At tribal Attorney General's website as part of tribal code.
At tribal court's website as part of tribal code (See CNCA- Searchable PDF in left-hand column).

At NILL website. Table of Contents.

See NILL catalog record for the constitution.


Tribal Court Opinions:

At court website. Judicial Appeals Tribunal and Supreme Court Opinions.

At Casemaker ($$$). Selected opinions of the Judicial Tribunal of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. 1978-2013.

At LexisNexis ($$$). 1978-.

At Westlaw ($$$). American Tribal Law Reporter. Opinions issued by the tribal, appeals or supreme courts of American tribes, including Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. 1997-.

At Westlaw ($$$). Database: CHRKEE-OK-CS. Opinions of the Appeals Tribunal and the Supreme Court for the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. 1997-.

At Westlaw ($$$). Database: OKTRIB-CS. Oklahoma Tribal Court Reports. Opinions issued by one of the CFR or tribal courts in Oklahoma, including the tribal courts, Courts of Indian Appeals, and Courts of Indian Offenses. 1979-.


Other Legal Materials:

See NILL catalog records for other tribe materials.

At tribe's website. Attorney General opinions.

Contact Info

www.cherokee.org

P. O. Box 948
Tahlequah, OK 74465
(918) 453-5000


Tribal Court:
www.cherokeecourts.org

P.O. Box 1097
Tahlequah, Ok 74465

Physical address:
17675 S. Muskogee, 2nd Floor Tahlequah, OK 74464

District Court (918) 207-3900 Supreme Court (918) 207-3990
FAX (918) 458-9572

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. (see older version online at the Internet Archive)

Tribal Leaders Directory. (BIA)

Directories of Tribes and Alaska Native Villages. (NILL)

How to Build a Tribal Legal History. Indian Nation Archives