A Wisconsin tribe built a lending empire on high-interest lending, relying on sovereignty to avoid state loan laws.

The House Committee on Appropriations is hearing from dozens of Indian Country leaders who are testifying about their funding needs.

The case is one of the simplest the justices will hear this year, because it involves no constitutional questions and, in truth, only the interpretation of a single phrase of a single statutory provision.

Indian Country is gearing up for another round of big cases at the nation’s highest court, with water rights and tribal sovereignty on the line.