Community and Development Department of Big Pine

Community and Development Department of Big Pine Information

The Big Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine Reservation are a federally recognized Mono and Timbisha Indian band located in California. The Big Pine Reservation is located near the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada, 18 miles from Bishop. Big Pine, California serves as the tribe headquarters.

Tribe: Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley [previously listed as Big Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine Reservation, California]

Phone: 760-938-2003

Physical Address:
Community and Development Department of Big Pine
825 S. Main Street
Big Pine, CA 93513

Mailing Address (personal mail):
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Community and Development Department of Big Pine
PO Box 700
Big Pine, CA 93513

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About the Community and Development Department of Big Pine
The Big Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine Reservation are a federally recognized Mono and Timbisha Indian band located in California. The Big Pine Reservation is located near the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada, 18 miles from Bishop. Big Pine, California serves as the tribe headquarters.
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Understanding US Bureau of Indian Affairs

Because the legal system in ‘Indian Country’ operates outside of the legal jurisdiction of the cities, counties and states where the individual Indian Reservations are located, and the land is wholly owned and governed by the Tribes, the jails and detention centers on those lands are maintained and run by the individual Tribes. The police that provide the security and enforce the laws and the courts that mete out justice are also controlled by the individual Tribes.

There are over 90 jails and detention centers throughout Indian Country, of which, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Justice Services (OJS) staffs and operates a quarter of these facilities. The remainder are operated by Tribes through the PL 93-638, Self-Governance Compacts and a few are fully funded and operated by a tribe. Each jail is unique in operation and location.

Indian Reservation and Tribal laws also fall under the legal jurisdiction of the federal government. If a federal law has been broken, the Department of Justice may get involved. In that case, a convicted person from a crime committed on Indian Lands may be required to serve their time within the BOP (Federal Bureau of Prisons).

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