ADOS Reservation land grants. Requesting the same land rights as native Americans.

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Should ADOS request land set aside much like Native American Reservations where they are granted law rights that are separate from the Federal regulations?

Let's take a look at how the federal government grants Native Americans lands and benefits for the atrocities done to their peoples.

Here's a land map of some of the current lands granted to native Americans by the American government.

 

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Native American Lands | Ownership and Governance

Native American land ownership involves a complex patchwork of titles, restrictions, obligations, statutes, and regulations. Extracting natural resources on Native American lands and distributing the associated revenue is a unique process involving multiple stakeholders.

revenuedata.doi.gov

 

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Indian law enforcement

Office of Justice Services | Indian Affairs

www.bia.gov

 

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The U.S. Indian Police Academy
The Academy one of three law enforcement academies located on the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Artesia, New Mexico. The Academy designs and delivers training specific to Indian Country Justice Services needs for police officers, criminal investigators, correctional officers, dispatchers, and command staff.

In 2020, the academy opened the Advanced Training Center (ATC) on Camp Grafton, North Dakota to deliver specialized advanced training in criminal investigation, drug enforcement, and command school programs. The academy continues to support training provided at the FLETC-Glynco and exported to Indian Country departments.

The Academy Staff consists of a Director, Deputy, Training Specialists, Law Enforcement Specialist, Program Analyst, and Police and Correction Lieutenant Instructors.

History of the U.S. Indian Police Academy
Established as the U.S. Indian Police Training and Research Center, the Academy opened in Roswell, New Mexico, on the site of a former Air Force base on December 17, 1968. The Academy began training law enforcement officers from throughout the United States who serve tribal communities. The Academy soon expanded to provide specialized training for supervisors, juvenile officers, criminal investigators, and detention personnel. By 1971, the Academy was involved in assisting and/or conducting field in-service training as necessary for specialized subjects.

The Academy was operated during this period by the BIA’s division of Judicial, Prevention and Enforcement Services, through a contract with the Thiokol Chemical Corporation. Fiscal Administration was provided by a resident coordinator from the Employment Assistance Division of the Office of Community Services while Thiokol administered the program with instructional staff drawn from local, state, federal and tribal agencies, as well as universities and private firms.

In 1973, the Academy was relocated to the Inter-mountain Inter-tribal School campus, Brigham City, Utah, as an operation of BIA’s Central Office, Division of Law Enforcement Services. The Division of Law and Order, Research and Statistical Unit, established in 1970 at Pierre, South Dakota was also reassigned to the Brigham City campus and the two units were combined as the Center for U.S. Indian Police Training and Research. In 1979, the Center was removed from the Division of Law Enforcement Services and assigned to the Office of Technical Assistance and Training.

In October 1984, the Academy opened in Marana, Arizona under auspices of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center where it continued basic police training. During this period the Indian Law Enforcement Officers Memorial was built.

In January 1993, the Academy relocated to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, New Mexico, the current location of the Academy. The Indian Law Enforcement Officer Memorial was also relocated to the center

 

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Indian courts

Courts of Indian Offences (CFR Courts) operate where Tribes retain jurisdiction over American Indians that is exclusive of state jurisdiction, but where Tribal courts have not been established to fully exercise that jurisdiction.

The CFR Court is a trial court where parties present their cases before a Magistrate Judge. The Judge’s decision may be appealed to the Court of Indian Offences within a timely manner.

List of CFR Courts and the Tribes they Serve

There are five CFR Courts spread across the nation that serve multiple Tribes.

1. The Albuquerque CFR Court under the Tribal Justice Support Directorate includes the following:

• Santa Fe Indian School Property, including the Santa Fe Indian Health Hospital, and the Albuquerque Indian School Property (land held in trust for the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico)
• Kewa Pueblo (New Mexico) is the only CFR court that retains only criminal jurisdiction, and the Pueblo retains all other jurisdiction.

2. The following Tribes are located in the Southern Plains CFR Court

• Apache Tribe of Oklahoma;
• Caddo Nation of Oklahoma;
• Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma;
• Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma;
• Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians; and
• Wichita and Affiliated Tribe of Indians

3. The following Tribes are located in the Western Region CFR Court

• Skull Valley Band of Goshutes Indians (Utah)
• Te-Moak Band of Western Shoshone Indians (Nevada)

4. The following Tribes located in the Miami Agency CFR Court

• Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
• Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma;
• Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma;
• Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; and
• Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma.

5. The following Tribe is located in the Southwest Region CFR Court

• Ute Mountain Ute (Colorado)