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I wish there were a clearer explanation of what this means. Obvs if they are declaring legal sovereignty it’s a pretty important development. But there is a big

I wish there were a clearer explanation of what this means. Obvs if they are declaring legal sovereignty it’s a pretty important development. But there is a big difference between a press release and the first time they take actions that contradict the presumed US sovereignty. But still the article doesn’t make clear to me if that’s what’s actually going on.

dragonwriter 3y ago
> Obvs if they are declaring legal sovereignty it’s a pretty important development. But there is a big difference between a press release and the first time they take actions that contradict the presumed US sovereignty. Tribal governments are subordinate-but-concurrent sovereigns to the federal government, similar to states, so while it might sort-of contradict California’s sovereignty, nothing in this story would even potentially contradict US sovereignty. And, actually, it is more complex than that, because tribal governments also exercise concurrent sovereignty within their territory with the states in which their lands are located, rather than exclusive sovereignty, so it wouldn’t strictly contradict California sovereignty, either.