ordinance] authorizes the Authority to shed its immunity ‘by contract,’ and these words would be utter surplusage, if the enactment of the ordinance itself served to perfect the waiver.”). Therefore, we conclude that the charter does not contain an express waiver of tribal-sovereign immunity. In addition to the tribal charter, an agreement can validly waive tribal-sovereign immunity. Here, the parties agree that the board of directors did not pass a resolution waiving sove 282, 1288 (11th Cir.2001) (rejecting argument that tribal representative had actual or apparent authority to waive immunity because “[s]uch a finding would be directly contrary to the explicit provisions of the Tribal Constitution”); World Touch Gaming, Inc. v. Massena Mgmt, LLC, 117 F.Supp.2d 271, 276 (N.D.N.Y.2000) (<HOLDING>); Danka Funding Co. v. Sky City Casino, 329
holding that removal to federal court does not waive tribal sovereign immunity holding that a controllers signature on a contract containing a forum selection clause was insufficient to waive sovereign immunity in part because the right to waive immunity was reserved to the tribal council holding that a state may waive its sovereign immunity holding that an act of legislature may be required to waive sovereign immunity holding that a senior vice presidents signature to an agreement with an express waiver of sovereign immunity provision did not waive sovereign immunity because that right was reserved exclusively to the tribal council