SANTIAGO, Chile-Latin America and the Caribbean face three great social, economic and political challenges at the dawn of the 21st Century: reducing poverty, increasing competitiveness, and consolidating integration, Inter-American Development Bank President Enrique V. Iglesias said today.
Tribal and pueblo governments today launch far-reaching economic ventures, operate growing law enforcement agencies and adopt codes to govern conduct within their jurisdiction but the United States retains control over the scope of tribal law making.
Criminal Jurisdiction over Non-Indians: Tribal courts no longer have criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians, unless Congress delegates such power to them. Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe, 435 U.S. 191 (1978).