Tribal sovereignty is always subordinate to the US Federal Government. Think of them more akin to states in that respect. People living on the reservations are still (generally) US Citizens. Related to the above, federal law enforcement has jurisdiction on reservations. While the local PD cannot enforce local laws on there, they can 'extradite' people who break local laws with only a verbal OK from the reservation PD, assuming they are large enough to actually have one.
Said the dude who don't know what that res-life bout. It's fucking bleak, man. I'm not saying people can't be happy on a reservation, but it's definitely bleak.
urbanek2525 on July 9th, 2018 at 19:33 UTC »
You want to see how little America respects tribal sovereignty . . . 'cause that's how you find out how little America respects tribal sovereignty.
Sad, but true.
Pedants_Revolt on July 9th, 2018 at 20:18 UTC »
A few pendantic points
Tribal sovereignty is always subordinate to the US Federal Government. Think of them more akin to states in that respect. People living on the reservations are still (generally) US Citizens. Related to the above, federal law enforcement has jurisdiction on reservations. While the local PD cannot enforce local laws on there, they can 'extradite' people who break local laws with only a verbal OK from the reservation PD, assuming they are large enough to actually have one.drogadiccion on July 9th, 2018 at 22:39 UTC »
Said the dude who don't know what that res-life bout. It's fucking bleak, man. I'm not saying people can't be happy on a reservation, but it's definitely bleak.