Often, law enforcement officials don’t realize that there are 566 federally recognized tribes in the United States, whose respective tribal communities and lands span more than 60 million acres across 36 states. Some of these tribal lands even straddle northern and southern international borders. For example, the Tohono O’odham Nation in Arizona shares approximately 75 miles of border with Mexico, while the Blackfeet Nation in Montana shares more than 60 miles of border with Canada. More often than not, these tribes operate their own law enforcement programs for their communities. They have the unusual challenge of having to provide police services in both very remote areas and urban-interface areas.