Chapter VII In short, I can fairly generalize the concepts of this chapter as the main focus on which body of law can take action against a perpetrator; it depends on who had committed the crime(s) and where the crime(s) took place. The three different bodies in question are the federal government, tribal government, and state government that each have some part in Indian laws but there are limits to what they each body can do.
The Indian Reservations are referred to as ‘Indian Country’, it is basically land that belongs to the Indians and defined as “(a) all land within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States government.. (b) all dependent Indian communities within the borders of the U.S. whether within the original or subsequently …show more content…
Even if there is land owned by non-Indians, as long its part of Indian Country, it’s still a part of Indian Country.
In 1817, the federal jurisdiction was extended to deal with crimes committed by Indians and non-Indians although it excludes crimes that were committed by an Indian towards another Indian, this issue would be left for the tribal law to deal with; this extension was the General Crimes Act. The Major Crimes Act was passed in response to the Crow Dog Case which added the 7 crimes to 15 crimes that is looked at by the General Crimes Act. States had no power to legal action in Indian Country after the Worcester v. Georgia case. With the United States v. McBratney case, change was brought when the Supreme Court
The Indian Reservations are referred to as ‘Indian Country’, it is basically land that belongs to the Indians and defined as “(a) all land within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States government.. (b) all dependent Indian communities within the borders of the U.S. whether within the original or subsequently …show more content…
Even if there is land owned by non-Indians, as long its part of Indian Country, it’s still a part of Indian Country.
In 1817, the federal jurisdiction was extended to deal with crimes committed by Indians and non-Indians although it excludes crimes that were committed by an Indian towards another Indian, this issue would be left for the tribal law to deal with; this extension was the General Crimes Act. The Major Crimes Act was passed in response to the Crow Dog Case which added the 7 crimes to 15 crimes that is looked at by the General Crimes Act. States had no power to legal action in Indian Country after the Worcester v. Georgia case. With the United States v. McBratney case, change was brought when the Supreme Court