Eddie,

Id like to see a Quinault Cop do anything to me or any non indian for that matter if I was fishing below the Q1000.

First off tribal cops have what is called a limitted commission which gives them juristiction only on the reservation. Secondly Washington is a Public Law 280 state which means that tribal cops have no juristiction over non-indians, it also means tribal law has no meaning whatsoever to non indians even on the reservation. The only thing that could be done to a non-indian even on the reservation would be escorting them off. If the tribe wanted to press charges for tresspassing agianst the non-indian they would have to go through the Jefferson County Sheriffs Office. It would be up to the Jefferson County deptuy or prosecutors office to persue charges if they wanted to do so and I very seriously doubt they would tred into those waters.

Just to add a note,

If a tribal cop tried to place you under arrest on tribal land for violation of tribal law that would be a violation of your constitutional rights as a united states citizen.

Another note, washington state being a public law 280 state means if you are non-indian and on tribal land washington state and federal law is what governs you. What Im getting at is this, if you are on reservation land and following state and federal laws both game and criminal I dont see what the tribe could do to you other than say you were tresspassing. They sure as heck couldnt charge with with a crime or arrest you.

Now detain you is another thing but if you agreed to leave on your own free will they couldnt lay hands on you, or else you might own the reservation because of a federal tort lawsuit.

What im getting at is they can not enforce tribal law on non-tribal people. Now if you violate federal or state law they could detian you and hold you for a deputy, which would be within their power.

All in all public law 280, mean's tribal land is considdered private property instead of a soverin nation to any non-indian in washington state. In reading the law this is what it intends even if it still does call a trible in washington state a soverin nation.