Ex parte Crow Dog
Tribal sovereignty
Crow Dog had a tremendous impact on tribal sovereignty. The decision recognized two distinct concepts in addition to those related to criminal law.

Ex parte Crow Dog

Section Title: Tribal sovereignty
Table Section Text: Crow Dog had a tremendous impact on tribal sovereignty. The decision recognized two distinct concepts in addition to those related to criminal law.

Offender	Victim	Crime	Criminal Jurisdiction	Law	Authority

Indian	Indian	Non-major	Tribal	Tribal

Indian	Any	Major	Federal/Tribal concurrent	Federal/Tribal concurrent	Major Crimes Act

Indian	Non-Indian	Non-major	Federal/Tribal concurrent	State	General Crimes Act

Non-Indian	Indian	Any	Federal	Federal	General Crimes Act

Non-Indian	Non-Indian	Any	State	State

Sentence(s)

The Major Crimes Act places some major crimes under federal jurisdiction, if committed by an Indian.

final_sentence: The Major Crimes Act places some major crimes under federal jurisdiction, if committed by an Indian.