Climate Change Report: final version released

The final version of "Native Communities and Climate Change: Protecting Tribal Resources as Part of National Climate Policy : Report" has been released. The report was published by the Natural Resources Law Center at the University of Colorado Law School in conjunction with the Western Water Assessment at the University of Colorado. The author is Jonathan Hanna.

The executive summary, draft report, and final version are available from the Library's catalog.

Go to http://narf.org/nill/catalog/catalog.htm and click on "Search the catalog."

Type id=17484 into the search screen, or search by title "Native Communities and Climate Change" (include the quotes).

Two new books on the state of Native American Nations

Two new books discuss the state of Native American Nations. American Indian Nations: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow discusses myriad topics from tribal nationalism to educational initiatives and challenges. Several chapters address environmental issues, voting rights and the Native media. NARF Staff Attorney Walter Echo-Hawk, Jr. wrote the chapter titled "An Overview and Patterns in Federal Indian Law."


From the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development comes the book The State of the Native Nations: Conditions Under U.S. Policies of Self-Determination. The book covers tribal government and jurisdiction; relations between tribal governments and federal and state governments; and topics such as the environment, gaming, health, culture, and education.


For researchers, the library recommends these books and others listed at http://www.narf.org/nill/resources/basicguide.htm