Researching Aboriginal and Indigenous Law

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada

• Treaty Texts
• Treaty Research Reports
• Aboriginal and Treaty Rights Information System

• R v Stanley Transcripts
  • Preliminary Inquiry Volume 1
  • Preliminary Inquiry Volume 2
  • Trial Volume 1
  • Trial Volume 2
  • Trial Volume 3
  • Trial Volume 4
• Union of BC Indian Chiefs​
  • First Nations Digital Document Source
  • Federal and Provincial Collections of Minutes of Decision, Correspondence and Sketches
• Library and Archives Canada Aboriginal Heritage Collections
• National Aboriginal Document Database
• Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Data archive from Library and Archives Canada
• Legal Pleadings - University of Saskatchewan Native Law Centre.
• Indian Law News Bulletins - current awareness service of the National Indian Law Library. See the "about" page for each bulletin for specific information on monitoring, content selection criteria, and timeliness of publication.

• First Nations Periodical Index
• University of Windsor Journals List - Journals specific to aboriginal studies, examples include:
  • Native Peoples
  • Aboriginal Law (LSUC)
  • Canadian Journal of Native Studies
  • First Nations Gazette
  • Native American Report
  • Indigenous Law Bulletin
  • Native American Law Report
  • Indigenous Law Journal (UofT)
  • Native Studies Review
  • International Indigenous Policy Journal
  • Canadian Native Law Reporter
  • Australian Indigenous Law Review
  • Canadian Native Law Bulletin
  • Aboriginal Policy Studies
• Canadian Law Journals:
  • Lexis Advance Quicklaw - “All Canadian Legal Journals”
  • WestlawNext Canada
• Social Sciences Journals: Try collections under Social Work, Political Science, or Sociology.
• Indian Law News Bulletins - current awareness service of the National Indian Law Library. See the "about" page for each bulletin for specific information on monitoring, content selection criteria, and timeliness of publication.

• UBC Aboriginal Law Theses
• USask Indigenous Studies Theses
• Dissertations Sources available from U Windsor Libraries

• Leddy Library Indigenous Studies research guide
• Bibliographies provide lists of useful books and articles. Look for the books themselves using the library catalogue, or Worldcat
• Bibliographies - Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
• Aboriginal Law - University of Alberta Library
• Indigenous Cinema - Law, Legislation & Government Policy
• Metis Law in Canada - by Jean Teillet
• Indian & Tribal Law - Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington

Statistical sources may be found using the Leddy library's Data website