Guides: Aboriginal Law: Key resources

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Key resources

Aboriginal and Treaty Rights Information System (ATRIS) Provides link to web-based information system developed for mapping Aboriginal communities and information on potential or established Aboriginal or treaty rights.
Droit autochtone (dossier spécial, CAIJ) Research guide for indigenous law, curated by the CAIJ. Regularly updated.
First Nations Gazette Provides a comprehensive source for First Nation legislation in Canada.
First Nations Digital Document Source A collection of electronic documents used primarily for research in land claims and First Nations issues.
HeinOnline's Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: History, Culture & Law An expansive archive of treaties, federal statutes and regulations, federal case law, tribal codes, constitutions, and jurisprudence.
Indigenous Peoples' Center for Documentation, Research and Information Includes online documentation, periodicals database, and Indigenous thesaurus of Human Rights terms, a monographic collection.
Indexed TRC Calls to Action Connects the 94 Calls to Action to the relevant parts of the TRC's Final Report.
Indian Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. I-5) Government of Canada site: Justice Law
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada Information on the history of treaty-making in Canada from the 1700s to the present day. Also includes historical material, transcripts of original treaty texts and archival images of treaty signing ceremonies.