This decision was also appealed, and went to the United States Supreme Court. This decision was appealed, and went to the Minnesota Supreme Court, which upheld the decision, again citing Public Law 280, with Omaha Tribe of Indians v. In 1973, the court ruled that the state and county could do so, citing Public Law 280. This led to the state and country being sued in the District Court of Itasca County, aiming to stop the state and county from taxing Indian people on Indian land. received a tax bill from Itasca County for his mobile home, for US$147.95 in taxes (which his home would have been subject to if it was not located on the reservation). It began when Russell Bryan, enrolled member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, who lived with his wife in a mobile home on the Greater Leech Lake Indian Reservation in Itasca County, Minnesota. The next legal milestone ran from 1972 to 1976. In particular, this law stated that state criminal law applied to Indian lands. First, there was Public Law 280 of 1953, which gave states restricted jurisdiction over Indian persons on Indian lands (formerly, under Federal jurisdiction). Previous AMAs | Previous Roundtables Featuresįeature posts are posted weekly.

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