Question

After reading Chapter 2, look at a specific tribal government organizational chart. (You can find and use an organizational chart from any federally recognized tribal government. Or you can use this one (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. or this one (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..) Then post a 300-500 word forum entry considering who the various stakeholders of a typical tribal government project might be and what sort of contributions, demands, impacts, etc. they would likely bring to a project.

Answer 1

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(Answer) A typical tribal government is that which is formed by a federally organised tribe. Within the United States, it is mostly of the Native American people. The ‘White Earth Chippewa’ tribal council and the ‘Navajo Nation’ are a few examples of tribal governments. Tribal governments would generally have a tribal organisation that maintains a formal structure.

The legislative estate of the government is held by a designated tribal council and the judicial estate is maintained by a tribal court. The elected governor, president, chief or chair of the government can be elected by the people. The powers of the Congress regulate and maintain the workings of the tribal government. The states are not particularly allowed to deal with these tribal governments unless Congress delegates any powers to them.

These tribal governments demand protection of the tribe, their land and from encroachments of other states and their citizens. Some of these tribes have voluntarily contributed to having a limited waiver on their sovereignty. Furthermore, they might even have insurance to cover their liabilities just like the federal and state governments.

It is clear that the chair of the tribe, the Congress and the American government have a stake in contracting these tribal governments. Above all, these are members of one and the same nation as any other federal government and would, therefore, contribute towards government schemes in a similar manner and based on the prerequisites of the contract or bond with which the government was formed.

There are about 550 tribes that are currently recognised by the federal government. These tribes form little territories within the nation under such a tribal government. The relationship between each of these tribes and the federal government is unique to the treaty drawn out for the tribe.