Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota
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Formerly known as the Devil's Lake Sioux. In Santee Sioux: Mni Wakan Oyate.

Tribal Code:

At tribe's website.

At NILL website. Table of Contents only.

See NILL catalog record for code.


Tribal Constitution:

At NILL website. Table of Contents only.

At Oklahoma Univerisity Law Center's website. (1946).
At the Library of Congress website. (1946).

See NILL catalog record for Constitution and Bylaws.


Tribal Court Opinions:

At Casemaker ($$$). Selected opinions of the Devils Lake Sioux Tribal Court. 1986.

At Indian Law Reporter (not available online). 1990-1994, 1997, 2001. See NILL's cumulative subject index of tribal court cases in the ILR. (Abbreviations: Spirit Lake Sx. Tr. Ct.; N. Pin. Intertr. Ct. App.) (Search both "Devils Lake" and "Spirit Lake")


Other Legal Materials:

See NILL catalog records for other tribe materials.

Contact Info

www.spiritlakenation.com

P.O. Box 359
Fort Totten, ND 58335
Phone: 701-766-4221
Fax: 701-766-4126

Tribal Court:

www.spiritlakenation.com/programs/spirit-lake-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. (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