Biden administration says Castro-Huerta is causing confusion and conflict

Interior Department puts brakes on legislative fix, awaits results of upcoming tribal listening sessions.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Congress, in an oversight hearing of the U.S. House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples, today explored the controversial Castro-Huerta decision.

The ruling, issued by the U.S. Supreme Court in June, created a new state pathway for overseeing matters of criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians on tribal lands. The decision has been w…