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Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project

An online archive providing access to the texts of constitutions, tribal codes and other legal materials relating to Native American peoples. Other documents on the site include the 1941 Handbook of Federal Indian Law by Felix S. Cohen, historical constitutions and charters, treaties, research guides and treatises about land titles and information on the development of tribal courts in Alaska. The site is a joint project by the University of Oklahoma Law Library and the National Indian Law library of the Native American Rights Fund.

Oklahoma Bar Association

Website of the Oklahoma Bar Association (OBA) a non-profit, membership organisation whose role is to promote understanding of the law to the public and to regulate the legal profession in the US state of Oklahoma. The site has details of officers and governors of the OBA and information about the association's outreach programmes, sections and committees. Information brochures on a range of legal topics can be freely downloaded from the site. These include buying a home, divorce, making a will, lawyers and legal fees, criminal law and a detailed senior citizens' handbook.

Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties

Online version of a seven volume collection of laws and treaties relating to Native American Indian tribes compiled by Charles J. Kappler and made freely available by the Oklahoma State University Library. The site includes U.S. Government treaties with Native Americans from 1778 to 1883 and U.S. laws and executive orders relating to Native Americans from 1871 to 1970. Each volume can be browsed using the table of contents or index. The full-text can be viewed in HTML and JPEG images are provided of the original pages.

Oklahoma Bar Journal

The Oklahoma Bar Journal is the official publication of the Oklahoma Bar Association and is made freely available in full-text on their website. Content focuses on legal developments in Oklahoma, practice management and scholarly articles, book reviews and Bar news. The journal is available in full (in HTML format) back to 2005 with the subject and authors indexes of earlier issues available back to 1999. There is a separate section featuring articles written by the president, and a summary of actions taken by the Board of Governors at its monthly meetings.

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