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This is a list of U.S. Supreme Court cases involving Native American Tribes.Included in the list are Supreme Court cases that have a major component that deals with the relationship between tribes, between a governmental entity and tribes, tribal sovereignty, tribal rights (including property, hunting, fishing, religion, etc.) and actions involving members of tribes.
Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe, 435 U.S. 191 (1978), is a United States Supreme Court case deciding that Indian tribal courts have no criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians. [1] The case was decided on March 6, 1978 with a 6–2 majority.
The State of Oklahoma stated that the tribe had waived its immunity by filing the case in the district court. The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Oklahoma lacked the authority to collect any state sales taxes on tribal lands, whether to tribal members or non-tribal members. Oklahoma appealed and the Supreme Court granted certiorari. [1 ...
The case may be removed from a state court to a tribal court at the request of the tribe [fn 2] unless one of the Indian child's parents object. [17] In any case, the tribe has a right to intervene in the proceeding and to act to protect the tribal rights of the child. [17]
California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 480 U.S. 202 (1987), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the development of Native American gaming. The Supreme Court's decision effectively overturned the existing laws restricting gaming/gambling on U.S. Indian reservations.
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision on Wednesday, rejecting the city's argument that the Curtis Act, an 1898 federal law passed before Oklahoma became a state, gave the city ...
May 26—The court cases keep coming in Garvin County as defendants both in and out of prison continue to challenge the state's authority to prosecute them based on a Native American ruling. It's ...
An Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling could determine whether the state can tax tribal citizens on reservations recognized after McGirt v. Oklahoma.