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Supreme Court affirms tribal police authority over non-Indians

  • Written by Kirsten Carlson, Associate Professor of Law and Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
imageThe actions of a Crow Nation police officer were in question at the Supreme Court.Crow Nation

The 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.

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