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The Tribal Alliance Against Frauds (TAAF) is a non-profit organization based in the United States that is dedicated to exposing individuals and organizations that have falsely claimed to be American Indian, as well as to educating the public on the harms to American Indian people and sovereignty caused by identity fraud. The organization ...
Tribal sovereignty in the United States is the concept of the inherent authority of Indigenous tribes to govern themselves within the borders of the United States. The U.S. federal government recognized American Indian tribes as independent nations and came to policy agreements with them via treaties .
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.
A spokesman from the Bureau of Indian Affairs assistant secretary's office said the agency had no further comment about the project beyond the one-page email it sent The Times confirming that the ...
The federal government has had jurisdiction over violent crimes that happen on tribal lands since a 1978 Supreme Court decision, which found tribal nations did not have the authority to prosecute ...
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Tribal Sovereignty, Tribal Immunity Kiowa Tribe v. Manufacturing Technologies , 523 U.S. 751 (1998), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that an Indian Nation were entitled to sovereign immunity from contract lawsuits, whether made on or off reservation, or involving governmental or commercial activities.
At stake is the availability and accuracy of data helping tribal leaders make decisions. During the 2020 census, Native American leaders across the U.S. invested time and resources to make sure ...