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University of New Mexico

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The Sovereign Status Of Indian Tribes – Legal And Historical Considerations, Jerry C. Straus Jan 1983

The Sovereign Status Of Indian Tribes – Legal And Historical Considerations, Jerry C. Straus

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

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.