Title: Tribal Sovereignty | Pauma Tribe
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Content: Over the past 170 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has reaffirmed tribal sovereignty in numerous court decisions. The 1832 Supreme Court decision Cherokee Nation v. Georgia ruled that Indian nations had the full legal right to manage their own affairs, govern themselves internally and engage in legal and political relationships with the federal government and its subdivisions. State governments, nonetheless, have historically been hostile to the concept of tribal sovereignty, often in their attempt to control native lands, resources and assets for their own advantage. In California v. Cabazon (1987), the Supreme Court ruled that tribes have the right, as sovereign nations, to conduct gaming on Indian lands, free of state control when similar gaming outside the reservation is permitted by the state for any purpose. Following the Cabazon ruling, congress passed the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act compacts.” ( 1988) which further recognized tribal sovereignty by affirming the rights of tribes to conduct gaming on reservation lands. The act, however, also limited sovereignty by introducing state regulatory oversight of tribal gaming operations of Class III (casino type) gaming through mandating tribal-state legal agreements called “
Following the Cabazon ruling, congress passed the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act compacts.” ( 1988) which further recognized tribal sovereignty by affirming the rights of tribes to conduct gaming on reservation lands. The act, however, also limited sovereignty by introducing state regulatory oversight of tribal gaming operations of Class III (casino type) gaming through mandating tribal-state legal agreements called “
Today, tribal sovereignty plays out in many instances. Whether talking about off- reservation archeological digs, tribal membership, the return of indigenous items to tribal lands or operating tribal businesses, tribal sovereignty allows Pauma to preserve, protect and propagate our cultural heritage and economic sustainability.