美國原住民律師協會不僅僅具有印地安律師身分，還同時代表印地安各個族群，他們跟少數民族的律師協會分享著許多多樣性的共同目標，更進一步了解這種獨特文化社區和他們的法律問題。雖然，美國原住民律師協會的大多數律師成員都擁有美國公民身分，同時他們也是個別部落族群的公民；因此，這些成員不管直接或間接，都分擔著共同的職責，去保護超過五百六十個在美國已獨立的美洲原住民部落政府的主權。美國原住民律師協會代表著所有在美國的原住民人口的利益，他們包括美洲印第安人，阿拉斯加原住民以及夏威夷的原住民。

Representing Indian Nations not just Indian Lawyers. NNABA shares many of the same goals of diversity and increased understanding of our communities’ unique cultural and legal issues with minority bar associations. However, most of our lawyers are both U.S. citizens and citizens of their respective Tribal nations. Our members, therefore, also share the communal responsibility, either directly or indirectly, of protecting the governmental sovereignty of the more than 560 independent Native American Tribal governments in the United States. NNABA represents the interests of all populations indigenous to the lands which are now collectively the United States : American Indians, Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians.