The Blackfeet Nation and
Glacier County,
Montana, signed a long-awaited law enforcement deal on Thursday.
Tribal officers who are certified by the Montana
Law Enforcement Academy will be cross-deputized to enforce state law over
non-Indians. Tribal officers will be called into county court if necessary.
County sheriff's deputies will be cross-deputized to enforce tribal laws
on the reservation against tribal members and other Native Americans. The
deputies can be called into tribal court.
"This is truly a historic document," said tribal attorney Sandra Watts, The Great Falls Tribune reported "It goes beyond anything else in the nation. In the past, there have been one-way agreements, but nothing that's truly reciprocal."
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