 Second, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court held in "State v. Dana" (1979) that the state had no jurisdiction to punish on-reservation arson because of the federal Major Crimes Act.Third, in "Wilson v. Omaha Indian Tribe" (1979), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the provision of the Nonintercourse Act placing the burden of proof in land claims on non-Indians did not apply to U.S. state defendants (but did apply to corporate defendants); further, language in "Wilson" threatened to confine the applicability of the Act to Indian country.The tribes persuaded the U.S.