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United States Vs. Wheeler

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Mar 22, 1978

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  15. U.S. 313 (1978) U.S. Supreme Court United States v. Wheeler
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  16. U.S. 313 (1978) United States v. Wheeler
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  17. violating tribal law, the tribe acts as an independent sovereign, and not as an arm of the Federal Government, Talton v. Mayes
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  18. jurisdiction altogether, this abridgment of the tribes' sovereign powers might be equally undesirable. See Abbate v. United
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  19. the proceedings that had taken place in the Tribal Court barred a subsequent federal prosecution . See Brown v. Ohio
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  20. II In Bartkus v. Illinois
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  21. U. S. 121 , and Abbate v. United
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  22. Moore v. Illinois
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  23. however, in every instance where successive cases are brought by nominally different prosecuting entities. Grafton v. United
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  24. And Puerto Rico v. Shell
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  25. Similarly, in Waller v. Florida
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  26. has plenary authority to legislate for the Indian tribes in all matters, including their form of government. Winton v. Amos
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  27. each from the organic law that established it. United States v. Lanza
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  28. U. S. 514 , 100 U. S. 524 . As we said in Waller v. Florida
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  29. Grafton v. United
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  30. Cincinnati Soap Co. v. United
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  31. American Ins. Co. v. Canter
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  32. Domenech v. National
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  33. the right to prescribe laws applicable to tribe members and to enforce those laws by criminal sanctions. United States v. Antelope
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  34. Europeans, the tribes were self-governing sovereign political Page 435 U. S. 323 communities. See McClanahan v. Arizona
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  35. Turner v. United
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  36. not withdrawn by treaty or statute, or by implication as a necessary result of their dependent status. See Oliphant v. Suquamish
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  39. the tribe. Thus, Indian tribes can no longer freely alienate to non-Indians the land they occupy. Oneida Indian Nation v. County
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  41. U. S. 574 . They cannot enter into direct commercial or governmental relations with foreign nations. Worcester v. Georgia
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  42. Johnson, J., concurring). And, as we have recently held, they cannot try nonmembers in tribal courts. Oliphant v. Suquamish
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  43. is clearly Page 435 U. S. 329 reflected in a case decided by this Court more than 80 years ago, Talton v. Mayes
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  44. Id. at 163 U. S. 382 -384. The relevance of Talton v. Mayes
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  45. with their own mores and laws, Worcester v. Georgia
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  46. for the same offense, expressly rejecting the view of the Ninth Circuit in the present case. United States v. Walking
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  47. Crow, 560 F.2d 386. See also United States v. Elk
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  48. United States v. Kills
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  49. U.S. Supreme Court United States v. Wheeler
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  50. of the Federal Government, Talton v. Mayes
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