Tribal Autonomy

Tribal Sovereignty

Tribal Independence

Tribal Self-Determination

The Constitution of the United States

Treaties between the United States and Native American tribes

Federal laws

State laws

The power to tax

The power to regulate business

The power to establish courts

The power to make laws

Tribes cannot enter into treaties with foreign governments.

Tribes cannot declare war.

Tribes cannot print their own money.

Tribes cannot regulate interstate commerce.

The federal government has consistently respected tribal sovereignty.

The federal government has often violated tribal sovereignty.

The federal government has taken a mixed approach to tribal sovereignty.

The federal government has ignored tribal sovereignty.

Lack of resources

Federal interference

State interference

All of the above

Litigating in court

Lobbying Congress

Educating the public

All of the above

Tribal sovereignty is under threat.

Tribal sovereignty is secure.

The future of tribal sovereignty is uncertain.

Tribal sovereignty is expanding.

It allows tribes to preserve their culture and traditions.

It allows tribes to control their own economic development.

It allows tribes to provide essential services to their members.

All of the above

Tribes often lack the resources to exercise their sovereignty effectively.

Tribes are often subject to interference from the federal and state governments.

Tribes are often isolated from the rest of society.

All of the above

The federal government is responsible for protecting tribal sovereignty.

The federal government is responsible for regulating tribal sovereignty.

The federal government is responsible for promoting tribal sovereignty.

The federal government is responsible for all of the above.

State governments are responsible for protecting tribal sovereignty.

State governments are responsible for regulating tribal sovereignty.

State governments are responsible for promoting tribal sovereignty.

State governments are responsible for none of the above.

The courts are responsible for protecting tribal sovereignty.

The courts are responsible for regulating tribal sovereignty.

The courts are responsible for promoting tribal sovereignty.

The courts are responsible for all of the above.

Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

Worcester v. Georgia

Johnson v. M'Intosh

Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe