Current State of Affairs with Native Americans in the US

The current state with Native American tribes in the United States is  that only those tribes that are federally recognized have the right to tribal sovereignty, self-government, but have certain responsibilities, powers, limitations and obligations to follow. Indian treaty rights are known to be the supreme law of the land and is the foundation of the Indian law and the federal Indian trust relationship is based on. The Indian trust relationship is the legal obligation under which the United States has promised to protect the Indian treaty rights, lands, assets, and resources, as well to hold itself to a moral obligations of the highest responsibility and trust towards Indian tribes.

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