Sovereignty Case Study

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Sovereignty is the authority of a state to govern itself. In the case of the 11 federally recognized tribes of Wisconsin, none of them were “defeated” or surrendered. As a result, these tribes still have the right to exercise self-governance. Since tribal members are also United States Citizens, there is a complex set of laws which govern them. For example, some tribes pay federal income tax, but don’t pay state tax. Some tribes have reservation land in federal trust, while others hold it privately by the tribe. Tribes have the right to have their own court system, police, own land communally. Tribes can decide who gets to be tribal members even though the federal government requires people to be at least ¼ of a single tribe, tribes can

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