There are 12 federally recognized Native American tribes in Michigan.[78] The state of Michigan does not have legal jurisdiction over tribe members when they are on tribal territory; the tribal governments each offer their own judicial services that generally include a judge, prosecutor and court administrator.[79] As noted on one tribal court website, the maintenance of a court “is a hallmark of a government and an exercise of our tribe’s sovereignty.”[80] The Michigan Supreme Court adopted a rule in 1996 that allows judgments of tribal courts to be recognized and enforced by the state courts, as long the tribe reciprocates by passing some kind of measure obligating its courts to give legal effect to the decisions made in Michigan courts.[81]