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.
Federal and tribal laws govern leases, easements, and other agreements for use of tribal land within Indian reservations. In addition, as governments, Indian tribes exercise significant regulatory control over use of tribal land and Indian reservation land generally. Federal laws of general application, such as federal environmental, energy, and tax laws, and some state laws also apply to solar energy project developers on tribal land.