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=== Indian reservations ===
[[File:FBI Director Visits North Dakota Indian Reservation (27474029651).jpg|thumb|FBI Director [[James Comey]] visiting the [[Fort Berthold Indian Reservation]] in [[North Dakota]] in June 2016]]

The federal government has the primary responsibility for investigating<ref>[https://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/indian/background.htm "Indian Country Crime"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808010744/https://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/indian/background.htm |date=August 8, 2010 }} FBI website, accessed August 10, 2010</ref> and prosecuting serious crime on [[Indian reservation]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/sac/sd0300/ch2.htm |title=Native Americans in South Dakota: An Erosion of Confidence in the Justice System |publisher=Usccr.gov |access-date=March 3, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306001408/http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/sac/sd0300/ch2.htm |archive-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref>

{{blockquote|<poem>There are 565 federally recognized American Indian Tribes in the United States, and the FBI has federal law enforcement responsibility on nearly 200 Indian reservations. This federal jurisdiction is shared concurrently with the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs]], Office of Justice Services (BIA-OJS).

Located within the FBI's Criminal Investigative Division, the Indian Country Crimes Unit (ICCU) is responsible for developing and implementing strategies, programs, and policies to address identified crime problems in Indian Country (IC) for which the FBI has responsibility.</poem>|Overview, Indian Country Crime<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/vc_majorthefts/indian/ic_overview |title=Overview, Indian Country Crime |work=FBI |publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation |access-date=October 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120172843/http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/vc_majorthefts/indian/ic_overview |archive-date=January 20, 2013}}</ref>}}

The FBI does not specifically list crimes in Native American land as one of its priorities.<ref>[https://www.fbi.gov/priorities/priorities.htm FBI "Facts and Figures"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922070926/https://www.fbi.gov/priorities/priorities.htm |date=September 22, 2010 }} See prominently displayed list of priorities, accessed August 10, 2010</ref> <!-- and most federal prosecutors.--> Often serious crimes have been either poorly investigated or prosecution has been declined. Tribal courts can impose sentences of up to three years, under certain restrictions.<ref>[http://www.denverpost.com/frontpage/ci_15373276? Michael Riley, "Expansion of tribal courts' authority passes Senate"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043343/http://www.denverpost.com/frontpage/ci_15373276 |date=March 4, 2016 }}, ''[[The Denver Post]]''. Posted: 25 June 2010 01:00:00&nbsp;am MDT Updated: 25 June 2010 02:13:47&nbsp;am MDT. Accessed June 25, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.denverpost.com/ci_15636761 Michael Riley, "President Obama signs tribal-justice changes"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082720/http://www.denverpost.com/ci_15636761 |date=March 4, 2016 }}, ''[[The Denver Post]]'', Posted: 30 July 2010 01:00:00&nbsp;am MDT, Updated: 30 July 2010 06:00:20&nbsp;am MDT, accessed July 30, 2010.</ref>