Tribal jurisdiction derives its authority mostly through Native American treaties. Tribal Jurisdiction is further divided into criminal and civil jurisdictions. Civil jurisdiction gives Tribal authority over domestic relations, contracts, probate, property conveyances, and disputes between private individuals.
Tribes can have either exclusive, concurrent, or limited criminal jurisdiction.
Civil jurisdiction, unlike criminal jurisdiction, is exclusive if a Tribal court can demonstrate its jurisdiction is valid. Update The collection of Tribal law codes contained within EnviroText pertains to all aspects of the tribe, including environment, health and safety. Information within EnviroText will be updated within the next year by a consortium of Native American groups and Federal agencies. As illustrated in this example, it is not necessary to include words such as AND , OR or NOT because they will be deleted by the filtering process of the search engine. Glossary Thank you for using EnviroText.