United States v. Mary Lucille Cowboy

SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents an interesting jurisdictional question. The only issue before us is whether the district court was correct in holding that federal jurisdiction does not exist over an alleged violation of one of the Indian liquor statutes, 18 U.S.C. § 1154 (1976), by an Indian within Indian country.

Mary Cowboy is an enrolled member of the Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation. She was charged by the United States Attorney with selling beer and liquor on two occasions to other enrolled Indians at her residence in Ethete, Wyoming, an Indian community within the…