Subject: Re: INDIAN TERRITORY STATUS?<br/>
Date: Nov 07, 2001 @ 18:51<br/>
Author: andrew@AndrewPatton.com (andrew@...)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-534906639">--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., voit1@a... wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; What is the status of an Indian Reservation.  Is it sovreign, under <br/>
&gt; US control, State control?  thanks for any info!<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Indian issues are a little complicated, first one needs to seperate <br/>
Indian Tribes, Indians, and Indian Reservation.<br/>
<br/>
Federal Reconginized Indian Tribes are semi-soverign entities. They <br/>
have soverign immunitiy but can not negoitiate treaties by themselves.<br/>
They also do not pay taxes.<br/>
<br/>
An Indian from a Federal Reconginized Indian Tribe is just a normal <br/>
citizen of the US. He has no soverign immunitiy, pays taxes (unless <br/>
he lives on a Reservation) like everyone else in the US, and has to <br/>
follow all laws like everyone else in the US.<br/>
<br/>
Most of the land an India Tribe owns is considered a Federal <br/>
Reservation which state laws * and state taxes do not apply. The <br/>
Indian tribe acts as the local government of a the reservation. You <br/>
do not need be an Indian to live on the reservation.<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
* Federal statutes exist hich make it illegal to break a state law on <br/>
a reservation (Indian or Military). When this law is applied the case <br/>
is hear in the Federal Courts but using the state rules.<br/>
<br/>
PS The reason I post info on the federal court system is that for <br/>
most of the past 3 years I have worked on a project for the US Courts <br/>
and consquently have learned how it works.</div>