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UGA wideout Jermaine Burton has entered the transfer portal and reportedly lists the Tide as one of his top choices.

U.S. Supreme Court ruling allows tribal police to stop, detain, and search non-Indigenous people when there is reasonable cause to do so.

Tribes that face threats to their political integrity, economic security, health and welfare may finally be able to exercise authority over non-Indians.

A sovereignty dispute that originated on the Crow Reservation in Montana has finally been addressed by the highest court in the land.

Tribal governments have the power to search and temporarily detain non-Indians suspected of breaking federal or state laws within reservations, the nations highest court has ruled.

The actions of a Crow Nation police officer were in question at the Supreme Court. Crow NationThe Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the sovereign power of American Indian tribes on June 1, 2021, ruling that tribal police officers have the power to temporarily detain and search non-Indians on public rights-of-way through American Indian lands. In most communities in the United States, the local government has the authority to investigate and prosecute both misdemeanor and felony crimes. And loca

U.S. Highway 550 runs from Montrose, Colo., to Bernailillo, N.M. If you drive all 300 miles of it, you'll weave in and out of tribal land more than a...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday endorsed Native American tribal police powers, backing the authority of a tribal officer in Montana to stop and search a non-Native American motorist on a public road on reservation land. The justices ruled 9-0 against Joshua James Cooley in his effort to contest drug and weapons charges brought against him after a Crow tribal police officer found methamphetamine and firearms in his vehicle on a roadside on reservation land in 2016. The ruling means tribal pol...

Officer Saylor noted that Cooley’s eyes were bloodshot and he had firearms in the vehicle. The officer called for backup, including an officer from the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs. They later found methamphetamine in the truck. A federal grand jury indicted Cooley on gun and drug offenses in 2016, but he moved to suppress the evidence, arguing that the Crow Police Department lacked authority to investigate him as a non-Indian on a public right-of-way through the reservation. The lower co...

U.S. Highway 550 runs from Montrose, Colo., to Bernailillo, N.M. If you drive all 300 miles of it, you'll weave in and out of tribal land more than a dozen