The Constitution gives the Federal Government the right to make treaties with the native tribes.
Which they did.
Those people are sovereign on their own land. Whatever rights they have given away were through treaties with the Feds.
Tangentially, I think the reason for making sure States can prosecute non-natives for crimes committed on native land is to make sure people who prey on natives can be prosecuted, since the natives are unable to adequately defend themselves.
What they should be ruling is that native land is bullshit and still has to abide by the laws of the land.
We conquered those guys fair and square. Why are we giving them a silly consolation prize?
The Constitution gives the Federal Government the right to make treaties with the native tribes.
Which they did.
Those people are sovereign on their own land. Whatever rights they have given away were through treaties with the Feds.
Tangentially, I think the reason for making sure States can prosecute non-natives for crimes committed on native land is to make sure people who prey on natives can be prosecuted, since the natives are unable to adequately defend themselves.
Lots of natives go missing every year.