Jurisdiction
Last updated February 16, 2010
General Rules of Indian Country Criminal Jurisdiction Apply, No State Jurisdiction
Legislation
No Public Law 280 or similar legislation
25 U.S.C. § § 1300j-7 (granting Pokagon Band ICWA jurisdiction over service area)
Case Law
Match-e-benash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Engler, 304 F.3 616 (6th Cir. 2002)
Lincoln v. Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, 967 F. Supp. 966 (E.D. Mich. 1997)
United States ex rel. Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe v. Michigan, 106 F.3d 130 (6th Cir. 1996)
Peterson v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, 1994 U.S.Dist. LEXIS 1486 (W.D. Mich. 1994)
People v. Jondreau, 15 Mich.App. 169 (Mich. App. 1968), rev'd, 384 Mich. 539 (1971)