They also persuaded Congress to restore their status as a federally recognized sovereign tribe by legislation.

The sovereign tribe started the work of reorganizing the reservation, which they re-established in 1975.

In our state there are currently 38 sovereign tribes.

There was no Nisenan Tribe, but instead a number of tribelets, which were small independent self-sufficient sovereign tribes.

Eighty more court-protected sovereign tribes have gambling plans in a dozen other states.

According to the Department of Energy, a sovereign Indian tribe would not need state permission, but Congress and the President would have to approve.

States cannot tax sovereign Indian tribes.

Tension between sovereign tribes and sovereign states makes it clear the law needs fixing.

For all their wants, the Goshutes are a sovereign tribe.

On February 25, 1987, the Court upheld the right of sovereign Indian tribes to operate gaming enterprises on their reservations.