context: . At oral argument, the Secretary indicated that although a tribe has civil regulatory jurisdiction over lands taken into trust, a state may seek to enforce its laws -- to the extent they are not preempted by federal law -- on trust lands either by agreement with the tribe or by seeking a determination in federal court that the State's interests with respect to enforcing a particular regulation outweigh the interests of the tribe and the federal government in fostering tribal self-government.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: "When ... state interests outside the reservation are implicated, States [sometimes] may regulate the activities even of tribe members on tribal land."
citation_a.sentence: See Hicks, 533 U.S. at 362, 121 S.Ct. 2304 ("When ... state interests outside the reservation are implicated, States [sometimes] may regulate the activities even of tribe members on tribal land.”); see also id. at 364, 121 S.Ct. 2304 (holding that state officers may execute on tribal lands process related to off-reservation violations of state law); Washington v. Confederated Tribes of Colville, 447 U.S. 134, 151, 100 S.Ct. 2069, 65 L.Ed.2d 10 (1980) (explaining that the state could require Indian tribes to collect taxes on sales of cigarettes to non-Indians). That issue is beyond the scope of this opinion.
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: holding that state officers may execute on tribal lands process related to off-reservation violations of state law
citation_b.sentence: See Hicks, 533 U.S. at 362, 121 S.Ct. 2304 ("When ... state interests outside the reservation are implicated, States [sometimes] may regulate the activities even of tribe members on tribal land.”); see also id. at 364, 121 S.Ct. 2304 (holding that state officers may execute on tribal lands process related to off-reservation violations of state law); Washington v. Confederated Tribes of Colville, 447 U.S. 134, 151, 100 S.Ct. 2069, 65 L.Ed.2d 10 (1980) (explaining that the state could require Indian tribes to collect taxes on sales of cigarettes to non-Indians). That issue is beyond the scope of this opinion.