What is National Self- Determination? It is a Nation’s right to choose the political, economic, social, and cultural systems operating within its borders. As a political philosophy, National Self-determination says Nations can exercise the full extent of sovereignty to follow their destiny. As both academic concept and social movement, National Self-Determination has strong resonance in Indian Country. Indian Tribes, Chief Justice John Marshall said nearly 200 years ago, possess nationhood status and retain inherent powers of [National] Self-Determination. These self-governing powers are rooted in the fact that Indian Tribes already governed themselves before European colonizers set foot on Turtle Island’s...

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