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What are the effects of transferring sovereignty? Does it mean US citizens or green card holders who aren't Cherokee can't live there?
by klipt 6y ago
What are the effects of transferring sovereignty? Does it mean US citizens or green card holders who aren't Cherokee can't live there?
- jcranmer 6y agoBroadly speaking, it would mean that you are subject to tribal laws instead of state laws. Exact details vary greatly based on what the treaty the US wrote with the exact tribe in question, and to what degree Congress has explicitly expressed its intent to ignore said treaty.
- brudgers 6y agoCherokee is but one of the nations in Oklahoma. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Native_American_tribes_in_Oklahoma https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Native_American_trib...