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The Wild Side of Tribal Law Enforcement
The case Oliphant versus Suquamish ruled that if a non-native person commits a criminal offense against an enrolled member of a Native American nation on a reservation, then tribal law enforcement doesn't have the jurisdiction to arrest or prosecute the perpetrator. This even counts for things like traffic tickets. Kimberly testifies before Congress about her sister's disappearance and the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women on the Blackfeet reservation. She makes this powerful statement about how her sister's investigation was messed up from the beginning.
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