Jerry C. Straus

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This is a copy of a paper on tribal governance prepared for the AIO symposium held on November 16, 1983. The title of this paper is The Sovereign status of Indian tribes: Legal and historical considerations. The purpose of this paper is to give a brief overview of the legal and historical considerations which give continued vitality to the concept of Indian Tribal sovereignty and make it imperative to deal with them on a government-to-government basis.

Publication Date

1983

Collection Document Type

Conference paper

Collection Topics

Native American Studies

Keywords

American Indian tribes as sovereign nations, the evolution of (American) Indian government, conclusion

Disciplines

Indigenous Education

The Sovereign Status of Indian Tribes – Legal and Historical Considerations

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