2004 Tribal Jurisdiction News Stories
• •Aboriginal
sentencing circle ruling upheld (CBC)
12/16/04
• •Judge denies tribal jurisdiction over Indian descendant (Indianz.com)
12/8/04
• •Tribal court policy shift stirs debate (Anchorage
Daily News) 10/30/04
• •Tribal rights recognized in domestic violence bill (Indianz.com)
10/26/04
• •U.S. Supreme Court lets stand ruling on reservation jurisdiction (Aberdeen
News) 10/22/04
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/9950613.htm
• •Bills Aim to Clarify Criminal Cases on Tribal Land (ABQ
Journal) 10/3/04
• •Felony charge
hits tribal chairman (The
Oklahoman) 9/29/04
• •Tribal members
question chairman's order (Bismarck
Tribune) 9/29/04
• •Tribe seeks
police service (Press
Enterprise) 9.29.04 *
• •Attorney:
Chippewa Cree activist's imprisonment is rights violation (Great
Falls Tribune) 9/24/04
• •County no
longer accepting tribal inmates (Lahontan
Valley News) 9/16/04
• •Complaint
is filed against charity (Bismarck
Tribune) 9/14/04
• •County no
longer accepting tribal inmates (Lahontan
Valley News) 9/16/04
• •Complaint
is filed against charity (Bismarck
Tribune) 9/14/04
• •
Tribal
judge orders businessman jailed over housing dispute (Grand
Forks Herald) 8/28/04
• •Custody case
to be decided in tribal court (Aberdeen
News) 8/27/04
• •Appeals court rules against tribal jurisdiction (Indianz.com)
8/9
• •Judge says
court has jurisdiction in tribal membership case (The
Tribune) 8/5
• •Jurisdiction On Reservations (keloland.com)
07/08
• •Charges
Dismissed Against Ex-casino Manager (Lawrence
Journal World) 07/08
• •Tribal
Authority over All Indians Still Unsettled Question (Indianz.com)
06/23
• •Labor Ruling
Strike against Sovereignty (Desert
Sun) 06/09
• •Federal Agents
Raid Puyallup Smoke Shops (king5.com)
06/08 *
• •Ruling
Roils Waters in Tulalip Tidelands Dispute (Seattle
Times) 06/02
• •Supreme
Court Says Deputy Had No Jurisdiction on Reservation (Aberdeen
News) 05/22
• •Appeals Court
Denies Wyandotte Nation's Request (Kansas
City Star) 05/18 *
• •Who’s
Next? Kansas’ ‘Dodge City’ Tactics Direct Consequence of
U.S. Supreme Court Decision
(Indian
Country Today) 05/18
• •Yakama Nation
Begins Enforcing Fishing Licenses (kgw.com)
05/18 *
• •Tribe, County
Dispute Jurisdiction (Miami
News Record) 05/13
• •Native Village
Gives up in Pull-tab Dispute (Anchorage
Daily News) 05/10 *
• •River
Rock Casino Dealings Get Mixed Results (LA
Times) 05/03 *
• •Judge Affirms
Cayuga Nation's Sovereign Rights (Indianz.com)
04/26
• •Court: Deputy
Had No Jurisdiction (Rapid
City Journal) 04/23
• •Response
to Appear Due Friday in Wyandotte Casino Case (kansas.com)
04/21
• •Supreme Court
Affirms Tribal Powers over All Indians (U.S. v Lara) (Indianz.com)
04/20
• •Court Upholds
Tribal Power It Once Denied (U.S. v Lara) (NYT)
04/20 *
• •Casino Raid
Called Attack on ‘Tribal Sovereignty' (Kansas
City Star) 04/20 *
• •Federal Prosecutor
Seeks to Change 'National Shame' (Indianz.com)
04/19
• •'Indian Country’
Rulings Create Jurisdiction Questions (Daily
Times) 04/19
• •The
Law of the Land (St.
Petersburg Times) 04/02
• •Aurelius
Bingo Hall Ruling Still Awaited (Post
Standard) * 03/22
• •Tribal,
Local and State Police Hold Summit on Jurisdiction (Providence
Journal) * 03/16
• •Tulalip
Residents Form Association (Heraldnet.com)
02/17
• •Indians
Want Jurisdiction to Combat Terrorism Threat (Washington
Times) 01/26
• •Supreme Court
Hears Tribal Powers Case (U.S. v Lara for more information about the case
including access to briefs go to NILL
Supreme Court web page.) (Indianz.com)
01/22
• •Supreme Court
Hears Arguments over Tribal Prosecutions (U.S. v Lara) (Bismarck
Tribune) 01/21
• •County, Tribe
Deal with Friction (Sioux
City Journal) 01/21
• •Case against
Woman Who Started Part of Mammoth Fire to Stay in Tribal Court (azcentral.com)
01/20
• •Casino Drunken
Driving Case to Proceed, Rules Placer County Judge (Press
Tribune) 01/20
