RSS

Posts Tagged ‘Indians’

February 6th, 2014 - 6:31 pm § in Misc.

Tulalips Get Authority To Prosecute Non-Indian Domestic Violence Perpetrators In Tribal Courts

Back in 1978, the Supreme Court ruled tribes can’t prosecute non-Indians for crimes committed on reservations, but also said Congress could give tribes such authority. (Oliphant v. Suquamish Tribe) Congress did exactly that in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, which gives[...]