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Indian Country Crime  

Background

  • There are 562 federally recognized Indian Tribes in the United States and approximately 297 Indian Reservations. The FBI has federal law enforcement responsibility on more than 200 Indian Reservations. The role of the FBI in Indian Country (IC) is to develop and implement strategies and programs to address identified crime problems in IC for which the FBI has responsibility. The FBI has an additional responsibility to support the efforts of all law enforcement personnel working in IC.
  • The FBI derives its criminal jurisdiction in IC from the IC Crimes Act (18 U.S.C. 1152), The Major Crimes Act (18 U.S.C. 1153) and the Assimilative Crimes Act (18 U.S.C. 13). Also, by virtue of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) enacted in 1988, the FBI has federal criminal jurisdiction over acts directly related to casino gaming in IC gaming establishments, including those located on reservations under state criminal jurisdiction.
  • Thirty two FBI Divisions have active IC programs, with thirteen Divisions accounting for the majority of IC investigations in the FBI. The top four Indian Country Field Divisions (Albuquerque, Minneapolis, Phoenix and Salt Lake City) accounted for 78 percent of all IC case initiations in FY2003.
  • The FBI currently has 113 Special Agents assigned to IC matters full-time and funds eleven Safe Trails Task Forces (STTF) in IC to address violent crime, or identified crime problems that would normally go unaddressed if not for the existence of the STTF. IC Special Agents are assigned to the following Divisions:
Miami 1   Milwaukee 2
Albuquerque 17 Minneapolis 28
Denver 4 Oklahoma City 5
Detroit 2 Omaha 2
Charlotte 2 Phoenix 23
Jackson 1 Portland 1
Las Vegas 2 Salt Lake City 19
Seattle 4    
  • The priority of work for the FBI in Indian Country is:
    • Homicide/Death
    • Child Sexual/Physical Abuse
    • Violent Felony Assault (Adult Rape)
    • Drugs and Gangs
    • Corruption/Fraud Against Government/Theft of Tribal Funds
    • Gaming Violations
    • Property Crime

In the last three fiscal years the FBI has recorded the following statistics in Indian Country investigations (VC indicates violent crime cases which include Death Investigations, Felony Assault, Child Sexual Abuse/Physical Abuse, AFO, Interstate Domestic Violence, and Vehicular Homicide, Robbery and Rape):

Year
VC Cases
Other Cases
Indictments
Arrests
Convictions
2000
1633
298
767
736
757
2001
1536
351
795
835
818
2002
1295
247
762
742
680
2003
1418
324
774
851
781
  • Training Facts
    • Since 1997 the ICU has conducted integrated training with FBI, BIA-OLES, tribal, state, county and local LEOs.
    • In December 2003, FBI and BIA-OLES fully integrated all regional training efforts (personnel and resources) and moved to standardize all IC training curriculums.
    • In FY2003, over 1300 IC LEOs, LE Support Personnel and Community Leaders were trained in FBI and BIA-OLES sponsored regional training.
  • In FY04 the FBI will offer the following training courses to Indian Country Law Enforcement Personnel
    • IC Basic Course
    • Law Enforcement Training for Safety and Survival (LETSS)
    • Crime Scene Management/Crime Scene Processing
    • Child Sexual Abuse/Physical Abuse Training
    • Child Homicide
    • Stress Management
    • Indian Gaming Investigations
    • Interviewing and Interrogation
    • IC Management Conference
    • First Responder Course
    • Forensic Interviewing
    • Critical Incident Response
    • NNALEA Training
    • Contract Training (specialized topics)
    • Local Training (as requested)
  • The role of the FBI’s Indian Country/ Special Jurisdiction Unit is to provide:
    • National Program Management for the FBI’s IC Program
    • Special Funding for IC investigations
    • Personnel Resource Allocation
    • Training of IC Law Enforcement Officers
    • IC Task Force Oversight (11)
    • Crime Problem Identification
    • Policy Development
    • Equipment Procurement
    • Special Projects/Initiatives
    • Liaison
    • Liaison with Indian Country Evidence Task Force (FBI Laboratory)
    • Oversight of the Indian Gaming Working Group (IGW)
Background
Indian Country Unit
Jurisdiction
Indian Gaming Investigations/ Indian Gaming Working Group
Safe Trails Task Force
Indian Country Evidence Task Force
American Indian Art Theft
Director Mueller Speech 11/20/2003
Front Page Story 11/24/03
Links
Indian Country Home Page
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