Founded in 1989 by Tonya Gonnella Frichner the American Indian Law Alliance is an indigenous, non-profit organization that works with Indigenous nations, communities and organizations in our struggle for sovereignty, human rights, and social justice for our peoples. We support our elders and leaders and are accountable to the communities we serve. We welcome our allies, while remaining committed to our original instructions handed down through generations of ancestors in order to preserve Indigneous traditions for our descendants.



AILA`s commitment to the traditional leadership of our nations and the communities we serve is far deeper than an administrative or political choice. Through blood and ceremony, we commit our efforts to the territories to which we owe our allegiance and our allegiance to our peoples who safeguard our territories.



On a national and international level, the American Indian Law Alliance ["AILA" ] organizes and advocate on behalf of and with Indigenous Peoples from around the world. We are one of less than 20 Indigenous NGOs [non-governmental organizations] with Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Locally, the Legal Services Project is the direct-service component of the American Indian Law Alliance.