Reaction to Carcieri Decision

On Turtle Talk, Matthew Fletcher offers his thoughts on how the Carcieri decision may impact Michigan tribes. Bryan Newland, also on Turtle Talk, offers his initial reaction as well.   Newland thinks that the term “under federal jurisdiction” does not mean the tribe had to be federally recognized in 1934. Richard Guest, a lawyer with the Native American Rights Fund, told the Providence Journal that tribes will ask Congress to fix the land into trust issue.