Troubling reasoning, in that the court seems to be saying that since tribes have no tradition of regulating telecommunications, they cannot have immunity.
Here is the case, captioned Seneca Telephone Co. v. Miami Tribe: seneca telephone.
Miigwetch to J.R.
American Indian Tribal Law
Facing the Future: The Indian Child Welfare Act at 30
The Eagle Returns: The Legal History of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
The Indian Civil Rights Act at Forty
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