The Connecticut Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday in an Indian taxation case.

Jo Ann Dark Eyes, a member of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, says the state cannot tax income she earned as tribal councilor. At the time of her employment, she was living on land that is part of the tribe's settlement reservation but had not yet been taken into trust.

State attorney general Richard Blumenthal argues that Dark Eyes owes the money because she didn't live in Indian Country. He cites the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Sherill v. Oneida Nation, which held that the Oneida Nation couldn't "unilaterally" assert sovereignty without going through the land-into-trust process.

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State Supreme Court Hears Mashantucket Woman's Tax Case (The New London Day 9/7)
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