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The sovereignty extends to tribal enterprises [28] and tribal casinos or gaming commissions. [29] The Indian Civil Rights Act does not allow actions against an Indian tribe in federal court for deprivation of substantive rights, except for habeas corpus proceedings.
This is a list of U.S. Supreme Court cases involving Native American Tribes.Included in the list are Supreme Court cases that have a major component that deals with the relationship between tribes, between a governmental entity and tribes, tribal sovereignty, tribal rights (including property, hunting, fishing, religion, etc.) and actions involving members of tribes.
Menominee Tribe v. United States is a landmark case in Native American law, [58] primarily in the area of reserved tribal rights. [59] It has been used in college courses to explain tribal sovereignty rights and that tribes retain some rights even if the tribe has been terminated, as the Menominee tribe was. [60]
Many of the treaties remain in effect and are of special importance regarding federal recognition of tribal status, hunting and fishing rights, rights to protection of sacred properties, rights to water and minerals, and land claims. [3] [4] The federal courts have a long, continuous history of litigation on these issues. The Supreme Court ...
In the United States, the Native American tribe is a fundamental unit of sovereign tribal government. This recognition comes with various rights and responsibilities. The United States recognizes the right of these tribes to self-government and supports their tribal sovereignty and self-determination.
A dispute over a California mega casino has divided two tribes and raised questions over U.S. government attempts to make amends for the theft of sacred lands.
Feb. 15—The long struggle over the sovereignty rights of Maine's indigenous nations resumed on two fronts Tuesday as legislators weigh competing proposals to reform a decades-old legal ...
Treaties, including the Treaty of Hopewell (1785) and the Treaty of Holston (1791), recognized Cherokee sovereignty and established agreements with the U.S. government. [7] At the start of the 19th century, the Cherokee controlled about 53,000 square miles (140,000 km 2) of land in Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. However, the U ...