U.S. Supreme Court
Jun. 20, 2012
Court cases affect Indian tribes
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed down decisions in two separate cases impacting Native American tribes and agreed to hear an appeal involving criminal procedure next term.
U.S. must pay tribes
The federal government has to refund Native American tribes for all of the money spent to run programs that otherwise would be administered by government agencies, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday.
A federal law designed to support tribal autonomy calls for the government to enter into contracts with tribes to run their own service programs. The court held 5-4 that the government must pay all costs requested by e...
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