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Native American tribal police  

Definition

  • The term Native American is a late-20th-century descriptor used to identify the indigenous peoples of North America that is now the United States. The term Indian is the descriptor used by the federal government as a matter of federal law. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Native American Tribal Police]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-TSJG0VKM-4

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