This is something that has always been one-sided and stupid. Commit murder on the reservation, and the tribal counsel will determine whether they want the USA to provide the prision. Commit murder outside the reservation, and the Sherrif must petition the tribal counsel to release you for justice. In many cases (Dennis Banks for example) the Tribal counsel tells the USA to go pound sand. Then the Sherrif must either wait for the crimial to leave the reservation and catch him there, or hope that he is pulled over and apprehended somewhere else.
Meanwhile, the USA pours HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of dollars into the reservations. Yep, the Tribal counsel has no problem with the dollars coming in. They just don't want to pay anything going OUT.
Ever been to a reservation? I grew up surrounded by them. Think of a 3rd world country, where alcoholism is rampant, accountability is an alien thought, and corruption is as common as Corn Flakes. For example, take a look in the fields of your average reservation and notice all the cars parked there. Do you know how they got there?
Wounded Knee, Pine Ridge reservations were nortorious for using fake ID's (and real ID's as well) and RENTING a car. The car as then stripped and gutted. One door was wedged open and the cars are used as weather shelters for pigs. Yep, hundreds of stolen RENTAL cars sitting in fields, housing pigs courtesty of HERTZ, Avis and others. Here's the kicker. The tribal counsels denied permission for these cars to be removed, and once a pig has lived in the car for a day or two no one wants the car back.
Go to a High School on a reservation and the pot, cocaine and alcohol aren't even hidden. The kids drink in front of the teachers, because the tribal counsel runs EVERYTHING.
Now ask yourself, have you ever come across a Native American medical doctor, engineer, dentist, lawyer or other professional? I've been an engineer for nearly 20 years and have never either met, or heard of a Native American engineer. Yet, desks in universities sit empty for every discipline for a Native American to fill the seat. If you are a Native American, there are no academic requirements to meet in order to get into law or medical school. It's automatic, because of your race. Yet, every year, decade after decade these seats remain empty.
Is it because the Native American's are inherently defective? I don't believe so, but because of the priviledged class they are given, they have no need to exert themselves to prosper. Their housing, education, food, clothing and utilities are paid for by the US taxpayer. They need do NOTHING but eat, drink and make merry. And for every hardship they may endure, rest assured they will blame the white man for everything that has ever gone wrong with their life.