How are certain Indian tribes able to operate casinos in states that outlaw gambling? Hunt whales where international laws prohibit it? Profit from oil leases on federal land? Govern themselves as nations? All of these privileges are guaranteed by treaties, and, while the broken treaty remains a valid symbol for the treatment of Native Americans, many of the 370+ pacts with the government were and are still honored.
Donald L. Fixico is Distinguished Foundation Professor of History at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. He has published several books on American Indian history.
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