First Assumption of Federal Jurisdiction Under Historic Tribal Law and Order Act
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013. The Department of Justice has granted a request by the White Earth Nation for the United States to assume concurrent criminal jurisdiction on the 1,300 square mile White Earth reservation in northern Minnesota, Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole announced today.
The decision was the first action of its kind under the landmark Tribal Law and Order Act of…
