Duro v. Reina
At a glance:
- Series: Racial and Ethnic Relations in America
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Court Cases, Rulings, Appeals, Supreme Court, U.S.
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Arizona
- Date: 1984-1990
Article abstract: A U.S. Supreme Court decision on tribal sovereignty limited the legal jurisdiction of a tribe to its members only.
In 1984, while living on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Reservation in Arizona, Albert Duro, an enrolled member of another tribe, shot and killed an Indian youth within reservation boundaries. Under the Major Crimes Act (1885 and amended), Duro was charged with murder, but eventually federal charges were dismissed. Duro then was placed in the custody of the Pima-Maricopa police and was charged in tribal court with illegally firing a...
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