He said people feared loss of local control because Indian casinos operate on sovereign land, immune from taxes, land-use regulations and environmental laws.

It was a sovereign land where the people enjoyed perfect harmony on their own.

In order for this new union to prevail against the Imperial Order, there could no longer be sovereign lands, each with its own agenda.

Although casinos are illegal in New York, a federal law would permit gambling on sovereign Indian land.

Only operations on sovereign land would allow them to sell cigarettes tax free.

Like any business on sovereign Indian lands, casinos are exempt from taxes.

Casinos are illegal in New York except on sovereign Indian land.

This bill states that a referendum must be conducted in the event of a plan to relinquish sovereign land.

Federal law gives Indian tribes the right to operate on their sovereign land any game of chance permitted under state law.

You forget, Richard, the Midlands was an alliance of sovereign lands.