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About the project

The Tribal Courts project is a project on Ballotpedia that seeks to provide comprehensive information about the various Native American Tribal Courts in the United States. Volunteers are sought in order to move this project along; if you are interested, feel free to begin editing. If you have any questions, you can ask on the project discussion page.

List of tribal courts by state

Various tribes of Native Americans have formed a total of at least 335 tribal courts. These courts are distributed around 33 different states.

Alabama

• Poarch Creek Tribal Court system:
  • Poarch Creek Tribal Court
  • Poarch Creek Tribal Supreme Court

Alaska

Agdaagux Tribe of King Cove Tribal Court Akiak Native Community Tribal Court Alakanuk Tribal Court Alatna Village Tribal Court Aleut Community of St. George Tribal Court Aleut Community of St. Paul Tribal Court Algaaciq Tribal Court Chickaloon Village Traditional Court Crooked Creek Tribal Court Gwichyaa Zhee Gwich'in Tribal Court Huslia Tribal Court Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope Tribal Court Kenaitze Tribal Court

King Island Native Community Court Kipnuk Tribal Court Kongiganak Tribal Court Kotlik Inter-Tribal Court Kwigillingok Tribal Court Louden Tribal Council Community Court Metlakatla Magistrate Court Napaskiak Tribal Court Native Village of Barrow Tribal Court Native Village of Chitina Tribal Court Native Village of Kwinhagak Tribal Court Native Village of Mekoryuk Tribal Court Native Village of Scammon Bay Court

Native Village of St. Michael Tribal Court Native Village of Unalakleet Tribal Court Newtok Traditional Court Nunakauyak Traditional Tribal Court Qagan Tayagungin Tribal Court Ruby Tribal Court Sitka Tribal Court Tanana Tribal Court Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Tribal Courts Togiak Tribal Court Tuluksak Native Community Tribal Court Tuntutuliak Tribal Court

Arizona

Ak-Chin Indian Community Court Cocopah Tribal Court Colorado River Tribal Court Fort Mojave Tribal Court Gila River Community Court Havasupai Tribal Court Hualapai Tribal Court Kaibab Paiute Tribal Courts Quechan Tribal Court Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Court San Carlos Apache Tribal Court Tohono O'odham Judicial Court Tonto Apache Tribal Court White Mountain Apache Tribal Court

Courts of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Indian Community: Fort McDowell Tribal Court of Appeals Fort McDowell Juvenile Court Fort McDowell Tribal Court Hopi Tribal Courts: Hopi Trial Court Hopi Appellate Court

Judicial Branch of the Navajo Nation: Supreme Court of the Navajo Nation Alamo/To'hajilee Judicial District Aneth Judicial District Chinle Judicial District Crownpoint Judicial District Dilkon Judicial District Kayenta Judicial District Ramah Judicial District Shiprock Judicial District Tuba City Judicial District Window Rock Judicial District

Pascua Yaqui Judicial Branch: Pascua Yaqui Trial Court Pascua Yaqui Court of Appeals Yavapai-Apache Nation judiciary: Yavapai-Apache Tribal Court Yavapai-Apache Court of Appeals Yavapai-Prescott Tribal Court

California

Big Valley Rancheria Tribal Court Bishop Paiute Tribal Court Blue Lake Rancheria Tribal Court Cabazon Tribal Court Chemehuevi Indian Tribal Court Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians Tribal Court Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria Tribal Court Fort Mojave Tribal Court Hoopa Valley Tribal Court Hopland Tribal Court Intertribal Court of Northern California

Intertribal Court of Southern California Karuk Tribal Court Morongo Tribal Court Quechan Tribal Court Redding Rancheria Tribal Court Resighini Rancheria Tribal Court San Manuel Tribal Court Smith River Rancheria Tribal Court Washoe Tribal Court Yurok Tribal Court

Colorado

• Court of Indian Offenses Ute Mountain Ute
• Southern Ute Tribal Court

Connecticut

• Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court
• Mohegan Tribal Court System
  • Mohegan Gaming Disputes Court
    • Mohegan Gaming Disputes Trial Court
    • Mohegan Gaming Disputes Court of Appeals
  • Mohegan Tribal Court
    • Trial Court
    • Court of Appeals
    • Council of Elders Review

Florida

• Miccosukee Tribal Court

Idaho

• Coeur d'Alene court system:
  • Coeur d'Alene Tribal Court
  • Coeur d'Alene Tribal Supreme Court
• Nez Perce Tribal Court
• Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Indians
• Kootenai Tribal Court
• Shoshone Bannock Tribal Court

Iowa

• Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa

Kansas

• Kickapoo Traditional District Court
• Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Tribal Court of Appeals
• Iowa Tribal Court of Kansas and Nebraska
• Kickapoo Tribal Supreme Court
• Sac and Fox Tribe of Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska

Louisiana

• Chitimacha Tribal Court
• Coushatta Tribal Court
• Tunica-Biloxi Tribal Court

Maine

• Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians Tribal Court
• Penobscot Nation Tribal Court
• Passamaquoddy Tribal Court

Massachusetts

• Aquinnah Wampanoag Judiciary
• Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head

Michigan

Bay Mills Tribal Court Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Tribal Appellate Court Hannahville Community Court Keweenaw Bay Tribal Court Lac Vieux Desert Tribal Court Little River Band of Ottawa Tribal Court

Little Traverse Band of Odawa Indians Tribal Court Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Tribal Court Pokagon Band Tribal Court Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Court Sault St. Marie Chippewa Tribal Court

Minnesota

Bois Fort Tribal Court Court of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Court of the Prairie Island Indian Community Fond du Lac Tribal Court Grand Portage Tribal Court Leech Lake Tribal Court Lower Sioux Community in Minnesota Tribal Court

Mille Lacs Band Court of Central Jurisdiction Prairie Island Mdewakanton Dakota Tribal Court Red Lake Nation Tribal Court Shakopee Mdwakanton Sioux Tribal Court Tribal Court of the Shakopee Mdewakaton Sioux Upper Sioux Community Tribal Court White Earth Tribal Court

Mississippi

• Mississippi Band of Choctaw Tribal Court

Missouri

• Eastern Nations Tribal Court

Montana

• Blackfeet Tribal Court
• Chippewa Cree Tribal Court
• Chippewa Cree Tribal Criminal Court
• Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Court
• Crow Tribal Court
• Fort Belknap Tribal Court
• Fort Peck Tribal Court
• Northern Cheyenne Tribal Court

Nebraska

• Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Tribal Court
• Omaha Tribal Court
• Winnebago Tribal Court

Nevada

Duckwater Shoshone Tribal Court Ely Shoshone Tribal Court Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribal Court Fort McDermitt Tribal Court Ft. McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribal Court Las Vegas Paiute Tribal Court Lovelock Tribal Court Moapa Paiute Tribal Court Pyramid Lake Tribal Court Pyramid Lake Tribal Healing to Wellness Court

Reno-Sparks Tribal Court Shoshone Paiute Tribal Court Te-Moak Western Shoshone CFR Court Walker River Tribal Court Walker River Tribal Court Washoe Tribal Court Winnemucca Tribal Court Yerington Tribal Court Yomba Tribal Court

New Mexico

Acoma Pueblo Court Cochiti Pueblo Tribal Court Courts of the Jicarilla Apache Nation Isleta Pueblo Court Jemez Pueblo Court Jicarilla Apache Tribal Court Laguna Pueblo Tribal Court Mescalero Apache Tribal Court Nambe Pueblo Court Navajo Nation - Crownpoint Judicial District Navajo Nation - Ramah Judicial District

Navajo Nation - Shiprock Judicial District Navajo Nation Alamo District Tribal Court Navajo Nation Crownpoint Judicial District Tribal Court Navajo Nation Ramah Judicial District Navajo Nation Shiprock Judicial District Tribal Court Navajo Nation Tohajiilee District Tribal Court Picuris Pueblo Court Picuris Pueblo Healing to Wellness Court Pojoaque Pueblo Court San Felipe Pueblo Court San Ildefonso Pueblo Court

San Juan Pueblo Court Sandia Pueblo Tribal Court Santa Ana Pueblo Court Santa Clara Pueblo Court Santo Domingo Pueblo Court Taos Tribal Court Tesuque Pueblo Court Zia Pueblo Court Zuni Pueblo Court

New York

• Oneida Nation Appellate Court
• Oneida Nation Tribal Court
• Seneca Nation Court of Appeals - Allegany Reservation
• Seneca Nation Court of Appeals - Cattaraugus Reservation
• Seneca Nation Peacemakers Court - Cattaraugus Reservation
• Seneca Nation Peacemakers Court - Allegany Reservation
• St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Court
• Tuscarora Nation

North Carolina

• CFR for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Reservation
• Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Court

North Dakota

• Fort Berthold District Court
• Spirit Lake Sioux Juvenile Court
• Spirit Lake Sioux Tribal Court
• Spirit Lake Sioux Tribal Drug Court
• Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Court
• Three Affiliated Tribes Tribal Court
• Turtle Mountain Chippewa Tribal Court

Oklahoma

Absentee-Shawnee Tribal Court Alabama/Quassarte Tribal Town of Creek Nation of Oklahoma Apache Tribe of Oklahoma Tribal Court Cherokee Nation District Court Cherokee Nation Healing to Wellness Court Cherokee Nation Supreme Court Cheyenne-Arapaho District Court Chickasaw Nation District Court Chickasaw Nation Supreme Court Citizen Band Potawatomi District Court Court of Indian Offenses - Eastern Shawnee Tribe Court of Indian Offenses - Seneca-Cayuga Tribe Court of Indian Offenses for the Apache Tribe Court of Indian Offenses for the Chickasaw Nation Court of Indian Offenses for the Choctaw Nation

Court of Indian Offenses for the Comanche Nation Court of Indian Offenses for the Kiowa Tribe Court of Indian Offenses for the Miami Tribe Court of Indian Offenses for the Modoc Tribe Court of Indian Offenses for the Osage Tribe Court of Indian Offenses for the Ottawa Tribe Court of Indian Offenses for the Peoria Tribe Court of Indian Offenses for the Quapaw Tribe Court of Indian Offenses for the Seminole Nation Court of Indian Offenses for the Tonkawa Tribe Court of Indian Offenses for the Wichita Tribe Court of Indian Offenses for the Wyandotte Tribe Court of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians Delaware Tribe of Indians Tribal Court District Court of the Cherokee Nation

Iowa Tribal Court Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma District Court Kaw Nation District Court Kialegee Tribal Court Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma Muscogee Nation District Court Otoe-Missouria Tribal Court Pawnee Nation District Court Pawnee Nation Supreme Court Pawnee Tribal District Court Ponca Tribal Court Sac and Fox District Court Thlopthlocco Tribal Town United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees Tribal Court

Oregon

Burns Paiute Tribal Court Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians Tribal Court Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Tribal Court Coquille Indian Tribal Court Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians Tribal Court CTCSI Court of Appeals, Siletz Tribal Court

Klamath Tribal Court Latgawa Indian Tribal Court Siletz Tribal Court Umatilla Tribal Court Warm Springs Tribal Court

South Carolina

• Catawba Indian Nation Tribal Court

South Dakota

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Appellate Court Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Children's Court Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Court Crow Creek Sioux Tribal Court Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal Court

Lower Brule Sioux Tribal Court Oglala Sioux Tribal Court Rosebud Sioux Tribal Court Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribal Court Yankton Sioux Tribal Court

Texas

• Alabama-Coushatta Tribal Court
• Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Court

Utah

• Ute Indian Tribal Court

Washington

Chehalis Tribal Court Colville Confederated Tribal Court Colville Court of Appeals Hoh Tribal Court Jamestown Sklallam Tribal Court Kalispel Tribal Court Lower Elwha Tribal Court Lummi Tribal Court Makah Tribal Court Muckleshoot Tribal Court

Nisqually Tribal Court Nooksack Tribal Court Port Gamble Sklallam Juvenile Court Port Gamble Sklallam Tribal Court Puyallup Tribal Court Quileute Tribal Court Quinault Tribal Court Sauk-Suiattle Tribal Court Shoalwater Tribal Court Skokomish Tribal Court

Spokane Indians Tribal Court Squaxin Island Tribal Court Stillaguamish Tribal Court Suquamish Tribal Court Swinomish Tribal Court Tulalip Tribal Court Upper Skagit Court System Yakama Tribal Court Yakama Tribal Healing to Wellness Court

Wisconsin

Bad River Reservation Tribal Court Forest County Potawatomi Community Tribal Court Ho-Chunk Nation Supreme Court Ho-Chunk Nation Tribal Court Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Court Lac Du Flambeau Tribal Court Menominee Tribal Court

Oneida Appeals Commission Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin Tribal Appellate Court Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin Tribal Court Red Cliff Tribal Court Sokaogon Chippewa Community Court St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Tribal Court Stockbridge-Munsee Community Tribal Court

Wyoming

• Shoshone and Arapaho Tribal Court

Project templates

These are the templates associated with this project.

• {{tribal courts project}} - to place on the talk page of any article within this project
• {{tribal courts}} - a horizontal navigational template to be placed at the bottom of like pages within the project (example)
• {{tribal sprout}} - to be placed on any sprout articles within the project, and removed once an article is filled out

Project guidelines

Along with providing comprehensive information about all of the Native American Tribal Courts in the United States, there are certain elements that ought to be present on each page for the sake of consistency. These elements are:

• The page name in bold.
• This code: {{tnr}} which moves the table of contents to the right side of the page.
• Inter-wiki links to associated pages in the introduction. For example, the Hopi Appellate Court page links to the Hopi Tribal Courts page in the first sentence.
• An introduction containing summary information about the court.
• A section describing the jurisdiction of the court.
• A section summarizing the history of the court.
• A section listing the court's judges.
• An external links section containing useful research links about the court.
• A references section where all cited information will appear. (JP standard is to use the {{reflist}} method.)
• Horizontal navigational templates placed at the bottom of the page to assist in finding similar information.
• One or more categories.

Talk pages

The discussion (or "talk") pages connected to each article in this project should have the {{tribal courts project}} template on them.