Bureau of Indian Affairs FAQ Federal Indian reservations are generally exempt from state jurisdiction, including taxation, except when Congress specifically authorizes such jurisdiction.
www.bia.govA federal Indian reservation is an area of land reserved for a tribe or tribes under treaty or other agreement with the United States, executive order, or federal statute or administrative action as permanent tribal homelands, and where the federal government holds title to the land in trust on behalf of the tribe.
jrank.org Concerned by the increasing costs and difficulties of negotiating for more Native American land, Congress ordered the president to stop making Native American treaties in 1871.
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supreme.justia.com The exclusive right of the British government to the lands occupied by the Indians has passed to that of the United States.
supreme.justia.comIndian tribal courts do not have inherent criminal jurisdiction to try and to punish non-Indians, and hence may not assume such jurisdiction unless specifically authorized to do so by Congress. Pp. 435 U. S. 195–212.
treatiesmatter.orgTreaties recognize Indian tribes as sovereign nations that exercise exclusive authority over all peoples and activities within their territories. They are as valid today as on the day they were signed and ratified.
www.civilrights.org (Memento vom 26. März 2017 im Internet Archive) There are currently 562 federally recognized tribes in the U.S. Federal recognition establishes a government-to-government relationship between the federal government and the tribe.