Abstract
Rules of evidence shape litigation practice across the country. In this sense, they govern the truth as it enters the court. Legal scholarship has yet to study tribal approaches to evidence— an area with tremendous promise for legal practitioners and evidence rulemakers alike.
This Article is the first to do so. It analyzes an array of tribal evidence codes across the United States. It reveals three frameworks that describe tribes’ approaches to the Federal Rules. In doing so, it offers a modest contribution to the nascent intersection between Tribal law and evidence studies: crucial insight into tribal systems’ unique needs, policy aims, and perspective on what it means to “do justice.”
Recommended Citation
Nicole Morote,
The Tribal Rules of Evidence,
14 Am. Indian L.J.
(2026).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/ailj/vol14/iss1/3
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