NCJ Number
34
Date Published
1971
Length
559 pages
Annotation
TRADITIONAL INDIAN JUSTICE, TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY, AND RESERVATIONS ARE DISCUSSED, FURTHER PLANS ARE DETAILED.
Abstract
THE STATE PLANNING AGENCY DIRECTORS OF ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO AND UTAH IN DEVELOPING THEIR COMPREHENSIVE STATEWIDE PLANS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, REALIZED THAT THE PROBLEMS, NEEDS AND PRIORITIES WHICH EXIST ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE STATES DID NOT NECESSARILY PREVAIL THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE. AS THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE 46 GEOGRAPHIC INDIAN RESERVATIONS IN THOSE FOUR STATES ARE UNIQUE AND VARIED, NOT ONLY FROM THE SURROUNDING NONINDIAN COMMUNITIES BUT FROM RESERVATION TO RESERVATION, THE FOUR SOUTHWESTERN STATES JOINED TOGETHER IN THIS PIONEERING EFFORT TO PLAN WITH TRIBAL LEADERS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ON EACH OF THE RESERVATIONS. THE OPINIONS OF LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF INTERVIEWEES AND CONFEREES GO TO MAKE UP THE INDIVIDUAL STATE AND TRIBAL PLANS. STATISTICS WERE OBTAINED FROM TRIBAL COUNCILS AND FROM THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. TRIBAL LEADERS AND KNOWLEDGEABLE EMPLOYEES OF FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WERE INTERVIEWED TO OBTAIN THE BEST POSSIBLE CROSS-SECTION OF INFORMATION AND OPINIONS UPON WHICH TO BASE THE PLANS. EVERY EFFORT WAS MADE TO INVITE AND STIMULATE THE PARTICIPATION OF TRIBAL LEADERS IN THE PLANNING PROCESS. WE TRUST THAT WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND THAT THE PLANS ARE INDIAN PLANS FOR INDIAN PEOPLE.