How have the US Courts treated the term "Indians" in federal criminal legislation?
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The following excerpt is from Duro v. Reina, 851 F.2d 1136 (9th Cir. 1988):
I shall address each case cited by the majority. Only a portion of a sentence appearing in United States v. Antelope, 430 U.S. 641, 642, 97 S.Ct. 1395, 1396, 51 L.Ed.2d 701 (1977), was quoted by the majority, apparently to make the point that federal criminal statutes focus on "Indians" without the qualifier "tribal member" or "non-tribal member." The full sentence is:
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