Trump v. Barbara · ¶467

In 1817, for example, federal criminal jurisdiction was extended to many crimes committed within the Indian country, Act of Mar. 3, 1817, ch. 92, 3 Stat. 383, and the Indian Trade and Intercourse Act of 1834, §25, 4 Stat. 733, extended that jurisdiction. In addition, treaties repeatedly described tribes as within the “jurisdiction” of the United States. E.g., Treaty Between the United States and the Navajo Tribe of Indians, Sept. 9, 1849, 9 Stat. 974 (ratified Sept. 24, 1850); Treaty Between the United States and the Utah Indians, Dec. 30, 1849, 9 Stat. 984 (ratified Sept. 9, 1850); Treaty Between the United States and the Apache Nation of Indians, July 1, 1852, 10 Stat. 979 (ratified Mar. 23, 1853). Likewise, this Court held that Indians were “within our jurisdiction and subject to our laws.” United States v. Coxe, 18 How. 100, 104 (1856). Thus, tribal Indians were subject to the…

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