The Teaching Contract that Brought Sami Reindeer to Alaska
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
Overview of the history of how Sami reindeer were introduced to Alaska.
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Native Americans
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Alaskan Tribes Added to the Indigenous Law Portal
Posted by: Tina Gheen
Alaska has now been added to the Indigenous Law Portal on Law.gov. As I mentioned last summer, the Indigenous Law Portal is a free resource that brings together digitized collection materials from the Law Library of Congress as well as links to tribal websites and primary source materials found on the web. We have added …
Posted in: Law Library, Collections
Join Us on 1/26 for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar: Indigenous Governance in the Circumpolar Arctic
Posted by: Kelly Goles
The following is a guest post by Michael Chalupovitsch, a foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress covering Canada and Caribbean jurisdictions. Join us on January 26 at 2 p.m. EST for our next foreign, comparative, and international law webinar titled, “Indigenous Governance in the Circumpolar Arctic.” Please register here. With the ongoing effects of climate change, the Arctic …
Posted in: Law Library, Global Law, Event, Guest Post
Santa Laws
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
If your family celebrates Christmas and expects a visit from Santa Claus, you and yours are hoping for a successful visit from the jolly old elf and his reindeer. Local, federal and foreign governments are doing their regulatory best to speed his mail and ease his journey across borders with foreign livestock, regardless of his …
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Elizabeth Peratrovich, Civil and Voting Rights Activist
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post covers the history of Elizabeth Peratrovich's testimony and work for civil rights and voting rights for Alaska Natives in Alaska Territory.
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Native Americans, Women's History
New Acquisitions for Indigenous People’s Day
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post highlights new acquisitions of the Law Library related to Federal Indian and sovereign Indigenous law.
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Congressional Cemetery – The Boggs Family
Posted by: Kelly Goles
This is a guest post by Ann Hemmens, a senior legal reference librarian with the Law Library of Congress. Ann has contributed a number of posts to this blog, including posts on Free Public Access to Federal Materials on Guide to Law Online, U.S. Supreme Court: Original Jurisdiction and Oral Arguments, and Domestic Violence: Resources in the United States. Three members …
Posted in: Law Library, Guest Post
Indigenous Law Research Strategies: Settlement Acts
Posted by: Anna Price
A blog post about how to research Native American settlement acts.
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Native Americans
Meet the Remote DRD Interns! (4 of 4)
Posted by: Jennifer González
This is the final part of our four-part mini-series containing mini-biographies of the summer remote interns working with the Digital Resources Division. (Read parts one, two, and three if you missed them!) The interns’ research and writing has been extraordinary and we can’t wait to share their work. Topics this summer have spanned pigeons, alchemy, …
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