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Tribal Relationships and Sovereignty

We affirm that local, state, and federal governments should respect the decisions of the Native American Nations and tribal governments, affirm their treaty rights, and oppose attempts to diminish their sovereignty and cultures.
 
We Call For:
 
  • Local, state, and federal government recognition of the inherent sovereignty and treaty rights of American Indian tribal governments as self-determining and self-governing;
  • Interactions between tribal and non-tribal governments to be held in an environment of mutual respect as government-to-government relationships;
  • Local, state, and federal governments to help elevate the social, economic, and health status of American Indian people and tribes to a level at par with the status of other US and State of Washington citizens;
  • Timely Congressional passage and signing by the President of the re-authorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act of 2007, along with full appropriations;
  • National recognition of tribal lands that extend over the U.S./Mexico and US/Canadian border and the freedom of members of such sovereign nations to move within their lands without obstruction;