{"id":31037,"date":"2023-06-09T21:33:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T01:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/2023\/06\/09\/it-is-about-disabling-tribal-sovereignty-tribes-anticipate-major-rulings-from-u-s-supreme-court\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T14:01:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T18:01:38","slug":"it-is-about-disabling-tribal-sovereignty-tribes-anticipate-major-rulings-from-u-s-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/06\/09\/it-is-about-disabling-tribal-sovereignty-tribes-anticipate-major-rulings-from-u-s-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"‘It is about disabling tribal sovereignty’: Tribes anticipate major rulings from U.S. Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"\"U.S.<\/a>
Tourists gather beneath a hazy sky in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C, on June 8, 2023, on a day where the air quality was considered “Hazardous” in the nation’s capital. Due to wildfires in Canada, smoke spread over a wide swath of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions of the United States. Photo by Indianz.Com (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n
‘It is about disabling tribal sovereignty’<\/div>\r\n
Tribes anticipate major rulings from U.S. Supreme Court<\/div>\r\n
Friday, June 9, 2023<\/div>\r\n
By Acee Agoyo<\/div>\r\n
Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n

<\/P>\r\nWASHINGTON, D.C. — As dangerous smoke from wildfires cast an ominous shadow over the nation’s capital, tribes and their advocates continue to wait for a series of monumental decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court<\/a>.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nJust a few weeks are left in the high court’s current term. But Indian Country has been waiting for seven months for rulings that will affect the very core of tribes and their rights.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n“It is about disabling tribal sovereignty,” Chairperson Sherry Treppa of Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake<\/a> said of the looming threats from the Supreme Court. \r\n

<\/p>\r\n“It is about redefining us as a race instead of a sovereign government,” Treppa said during NAFOA’s 41st annual conference<\/a> here in late April.\r\n

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\u201cIt is about disabling tribal sovereignty. It is about redefining us as a race instead of a sovereign government\u201d:@HPULTribe<\/a> Chair Sherry Treppa on legal attacks on tribal sovereignty. Brackeen attacks Indian Child Welfare Act. Maverick attacks Indian Gaming. #NAFOA2023<\/a> @nafoaorg<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/phcxaWlR5f<\/a><\/p>— indianz.com (@indianz) April 25, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>