UCLA Extension - Tribal Law

UCLA Extension - Tribal Law We offer several courses which specifically focus on Tribal Legal Systems. Presented in cooperation with Project Peacemaker, this developing series

Presented in cooperation with the UCLA Native Nations Law and Policy Center, this series of courses is a collaborative initiative to develop, pilot, and implement Tribal Studies curricula in support of Native educational issues and community concerns. Offered fully online, these courses are available not only to regional Native nations in the U.S. and Canada, but also to the national and worldwide

community who have a professional interest in tribal issues. Presented in cooperation with Project Peacemaker, this developing series summarizes legal issues in the areas of federal, state, and tribal laws that affect American Indian and Alaska Native populations. We have developed additional courses to include different subject areas such as protecting cultural resources, economic development, and domestic violence.

09/24/2014

All programs at UCLA Extension require professional-level English language proficiency in listening and note-taking, reading comprehension and vocabulary, written expression, and oral presentation.

09/22/2014

O' GREAT SPIRIT
help me always
to speak the truth quietly,
to listen with an open mind
when others speak,
and to remember the peace
that may be found in silence.

- Cherokee Prayer

09/21/2014

The IHS estimates that historically, annual Congressional appropriations have only met 52 percent of American Indian and Alaska Natives’ health care needs.

This is who the tribes of the Indian Nation are distributed across the continent. &Figures
09/19/2014

This is who the tribes of the Indian Nation are distributed across the continent.

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09/17/2014

While many modern courts in Indian nations today have established full faith and credit with state courts, the nations still have no direct access to U.S. courts. When an Indian nation files suit against a state in U.S. court, they do so with the approval of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

09/15/2014

According to the Native People, the Sacred Space is the space between exhalation and inhalation. To Walk in Balance is to have Heaven (spirituality) and Earth (physicality) in Harmony.

09/14/2014

Fifty four percent of American Indian and Alaska Native alone householders who owned their own home in 2011. This is compared with 65 percent of the overall population.

Native American groups such as the Caddo and the Wichita built grass homes. Grass houses are similar to tipi in the fact...
09/12/2014

Native American groups such as the Caddo and the Wichita built grass homes. Grass houses are similar to tipi in the fact that they used long poles erected in a circle but the area of the circle was much larger. The frame as the name implies was covered with the long grass that grew on the Midwest and southern plains.

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09/10/2014

Native American tribal governments are an integral part of the political fabric of the United States. As the Supreme Court of the United States determined in its 1831 decision in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia.

09/08/2014

“When you were born, you cried
and the world rejoiced.
Live your life
so that when you die,
the world cries and you rejoice.”
- White Elk

09/07/2014

In the 65 and under community, nearly 35 percent of Indians are without health coverage.

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