Since 1978, the Indian Law Resource Center has provided assistance to Indian nations throughout the United States and abroad. They firmly believe in the following truths: that Indigenous peoples have the right to be free from discrimination; Indigenous peoples have the right of self-determination; and Indigenous peoples have the right to exist as distinct peoples.

Indian Law Resource Center

The Center provides legal assistance to indigenous peoples of the Americas to combat racism and oppression, to protect their lands and environment, to protect their cultures and ways of life, to achieve sustainable economic development and genuine self-government, and to realize their other human rights.

The Indian Law Resource Center seeks to overcome the grave problems that threaten Native peoples by advancing the rule of law, by establishing national and international legal standards that preserve their human rights and dignity, and by challenging the governments of the world to accord justice and equality before the law to all indigenous peoples of the Americas.
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