The Indian Reservations are referred to as ‘Indian Country’, it is basically land that belongs to the Indians and defined as “(a) all land within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States government.. (b) all dependent Indian communities within the borders of the U.S. whether within the original or subsequently …show more content…
Even if there is land owned by non-Indians, as long its part of Indian Country, it’s still a part of Indian Country.
In 1817, the federal jurisdiction was extended to deal with crimes committed by Indians and non-Indians although it excludes crimes that were committed by an Indian towards another Indian, this issue would be left for the tribal law to deal with; this extension was the General Crimes Act. The Major Crimes Act was passed in response to the Crow Dog Case which added the 7 crimes to 15 crimes that is looked at by the General Crimes Act. States had no power to legal action in Indian Country after the Worcester v. Georgia case. With the United States v. McBratney case, change was brought when the Supreme Court