Indigenous Governance Database

PBS "We Shall Remain": Spotlight on Sovereignty

PBS "We Shall Remain": Spotlight on Sovereignty (Video)
Producer
American Experience (in association with NAPT)
Year

The federal government today recognizes 562 Indian tribes as sovereign nations within the United States. Tribal members are citizens of the United States and subject to federal laws, but as sovereign nations, tribes have retained some rights to govern their own people. The limits of these rights are constantly being re-evaluated by federal courts. The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe describes changing federal policies toward self-governance in the past 20 years...

Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (P.L. 638) 1975
nation building
Public Law 93-638
self-administration
self-governance
sovereignty
Native Nations
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Topics
Governance
Intergovernmental Relations
Useful Links
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Citation

American Experience (in association with NAPT). "Spotlight on Sovereignty." PBS "We Shall Remain" documentary series. January 8, 2009. Television, Radio and Film. (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/native_now/sovereignty, accessed August 16, 2012)