SANTIAGO, Chile-Latin America and the Caribbean face three great social, economic and political challenges at the dawn of the 21st Century: reducing poverty, increasing competitiveness, and consolidating integration, Inter-American Development Bank President Enrique V. Iglesias said today.
Tribal and pueblo governments today launch far-reaching economic ventures, operate growing law enforcement agencies and adopt codes to govern conduct within their jurisdiction but the United States retains control over the scope of tribal law making.
Map of the contiguous United States, with reservation lands excluded. Tribal sovereignty in the United States is the inherent authority of indigenous tribes to govern themselves within the borders of the United States of America.