This report presents case studies of five American Indian tribes that employed the Tribal Disability Actualization Process for considering disability legislative and policy issues. The first section reviews the history of the relationship between Indian nations and the United States, and addresses the demography of disability among American…

Few studies have reported whether disability laws and regulations such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) have been implemented among American Indian tribes or whether tribes even view these laws as potentially valuable or culturally relevant. The American Indian Disability Legislation Project aims to develop methods of adopting…