ABSTRACT
Law enforcement is a service with strict geographical constraints, and has been particularly affected by fragmentation of the reservations. This chapter examines three reservations in the Upper Midwest. The first, Red Lake in northern Minnesota, is a tribally-owned area with little land held by people outside of the band. Most of the jurisdictional questions are between the reservation government and the state. The second, Rosebud, has a fragmented land base, which has led to jurisdictional questions among the tribe, the State of South Dakota, the local governments, federal authorities, and private citizens. In the final case, Sisseton-Wahpeton, disintegration of the reservation's boundaries has created a chaotic land ownership pattern across parts of both North and South Dakota. The connected Upper and Lower Red Lakes form the fifth largest freshwater body in the United States. The Rosebud Reservation is located in the rugged and generally dry country of south central South Dakota.
