Tribes that face threats to their political integrity, economic security, health and welfare may finally be able to exercise authority over non-Indians.
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Tribal governments have the power to search and temporarily detain non-Indians suspected of breaking federal or state laws within reservations, the nation s highest court has ruled.
The actions of a Crow Nation police officer were in question at the Supreme Court. Crow NationThe Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the sovereign power of American Indian tribes on June 1, 2021, ruling that tribal police officers have the power to temporarily detain and search non-Indians on public rights-of-way through American Indian lands. In most communities in the United States, the local government has the authority to investigate and prosecute both misdemeanor and felony crimes. And loca