Search About Newsletters Donate

Native American Criminal Jurisdiction

Feature August 4, 2020
Half of Oklahoma Is Now Indian Country. What Does That Mean for Criminal Justice There?
Tribal courts and federal prosecutors face a flood of new cases after the Supreme Court ruling.
By and Graham Lee Brewer
The Justice Department plans to execute Lezmond Mitchell at Terre Haute Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Case in Point September 17, 2019
The Navajo Nation Opposed His Execution. The U.S. Plans to Do It Anyway.
How Lezmond Mitchell became the only Native American on federal death row.
By
Activists protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline are confronted by law enforcement officers at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota.
Commentary June 28, 2017
Law Enforcement is Still Used as a Colonial Tool In Indian Country
Leaked documents reveal coordination between big business and law enforcement to break up last year’s protests at Standing Rock.
Julian Noisecat
A courtroom at the Justice Center for the People on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Commentary June 13, 2016
Poor on a Native American Reservation? Good Luck Getting a Lawyer.
A judge takes a hard look at tribal justice.
By Dominique Alan Fenton
About
People
Jobs
Sitemap
Funders