[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC1301]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 15--CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF INDIANS
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERALLY
Sec. 1301. Definitions
For purposes of this subchapter, the term--
(1) ``Indian tribe'' means any tribe, band, or other group of
Indians subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and recognized
as possessing powers of self-government;
(2) ``powers of self-government'' means and includes all
governmental powers possessed by an Indian tribe, executive,
legislative, and judicial, and all offices, bodies, and tribunals by and
through which they are executed, including courts of Indian offenses;
and means the inherent power of Indian tribes, hereby recognized and
affirmed, to exercise criminal jurisdiction over all Indians;
(3) ``Indian court'' means any Indian tribal court or court of
Indian offense; and
(4) ``Indian'' means any person who would be subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States as an Indian under section 1153, title
18, if that person were to commit an offense listed in that section in
Indian country to which that section applies.
(Pub. L. 90-284, title II, Sec. 201, Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 77; Pub. L.
101-511, title VIII, Sec. 8077(b), (c), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1892.)
Amendments
1990--Par. (2). Pub. L. 101-511, Sec. 8077(b), inserted at end
``means the inherent power of Indian tribes, hereby recognized and
affirmed, to exercise criminal jurisdiction over all Indians;''.
Par. (4). Pub. L. 101-511, Sec. 8077(c), added par. (4).
Short Title
Title II of Pub. L. 90-284, which is classified generally to this
subchapter, is popularly known as the ``Indian Civil Rights Act of
1968''.
Time Limitation on Criminal Misdemeanor Jurisdiction of Tribal Courts
Over Non-Member Indians
Section 8077(d) of Pub. L. 101-511, as amended by Pub. L. 102-124,
Sec. 1, Oct. 9, 1991, 105 Stat. 616, which provided that the effects of
subsecs. (b) and (c), which amended this section, as those subsections
affect the criminal misdemeanor jurisdiction of tribal courts over non-
member Indians have no effect after Oct. 18, 1991,
