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Public Law 280 funding obligation falls to state

by Daily Inter Lake
| March 6, 2022 12:15 AM

Lake County has handled law enforcement responsibilities on the Flathead Reservation since the early 1960s, not long after Congress passed Public Law 280. The law allows states to assume criminal jurisdiction over Native American reservations, which is traditionally handled by federal authorities....

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