...sovereign nations. They vere recognized from the earliest Congresses and Presidential Adninistrations as "distinct, independent, political communities,"...such, qualified to exercise powers of self-government. Worcester v. Georgia, 31 US (6 Pet.) 515 (1832) . This exercise of tribal self-government does not...

..."Regulation of] Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;" J Indian Tribes have been recognized as "distinct, independent,...Government, but rather by reason of their original Tribal sovereignty.2 Three fundamental principles have been established in judicial decisions of Federal Courts...

...group as a sovereign Indian Tribe means that the group is a distinct, independent political community, qualified to exercise powers of self-government, not by virtue of any delegation of powers, but rather by reasons of the group's original tribal sovereignty. F. Cohen, Handbook of Federal Indian...

...and Congress' 1978 recognition of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe pursuant to §16 of the IRA. as such qualify to exercise powers of self-government, not by virtue...powers from the federal government, but rather by reasons of their original tribal sovereignty. Id. at pg. 92. The Court in Iron Crow also noted that...

...tribal sovereignty. For years the classic reference has been that of Felix Coben who asserted that "from the earliest years of the Republic the Indian...communities,' and as such, qualified to exercise powers of self-goveroment, not by virtue of any delegation of powers DA v.ID E WILKINS ts AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR...

...sovereign nation's existence. As you know, Indian tribes are "distinct, independent political communities"1 qualified to exercise powers of self-government, not by virtue of any delegation of powers by Congress but by reason of their original tribal sovereignty.2 The United States' courts have consistently...

...tribes have always possessed and is the means of helping such tribal government effectively to function. From the earliest years of the Republic, the Indian tribes have been recognized as distinct and separate political communities, qualified to exercise powers of self-government, not by virtue...

...tribes have always possessed and is the means of helping such tribal government effectively to function. From the earliest years of the Republic, the Indian tribes have been recognized as distinct and separate political communities, qualified to exercise powers of self-government, not by virtue...