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Law of the United States regarding States and Native American reservations
Public Law 280 is a federal law of the United States that changes legal jurisdiction on Indian lands and over Indian persons. The law transfers some jurisdiction from the federal government to states in both civil and criminal cases in certain places. It was passed in 1953. There are 574 federally recognized Indian tribes in the United States, up from 562 when the law was passed. 39% of these are ... Wikipedia